but employment and consumer spending remain weak
Published May 14, 2012
At the start of the second quarter, the U.S. economy is struggling. Corporate profits provided a surprisingly strong uptick, at greater than 6 percent growth – in line with the 10-year average. However, employment numbers were disappointing. Wages and salaries were weak. The average [...]
...read morePublished April 9, 2012
For the first quarter of 2012, markets showed strong growth. The S&P was up 12.1 percent, 6.2 percent from the same time a year ago. The Dow was up 8.1 percent, 7.2 percent from a year ago, and the NASDAQ was up 18.7 percent, 11.2 percent from a year earlier.
However, volumes were [...]
Published March 12, 2012
For the week ending March 2, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 advanced 0.4 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively, but the Dow retreated a fraction. Both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 have climbed in eight of the year’s first nine weeks; the Dow has risen six of the first nine.
For the [...]
On May 25, Rutherford Investment Management was featured in the Oregon Financial section of Forbes magazine (Portland subscribers only).
