Published April 11, 2011
Stocks recently enjoyed their best first quarter since 1998, and begin April on an upbeat note. For the first quarter of 2011, the Dow closed up 6.9 percent, the S&P 500 was up 5.95 percent, and the NASDAQ was up 5.15 percent. Those are strong showings in the face of continued uprisings [...]
Fear lingers as worry of a double dip fades. What can the Federal Reserve do? The past quarter brought numerous gloomy headlines. The specter of a double-dip recession, a depression or inflation loomed.
Each day seemed to bring more negative news and reason for gloom. Not surprisingly, markets reacted, and after a strong July, equity markets [...]
Rutherford Investment Management, LLC
Newsletter: 1st Quarter 2010
Near Term Market Outlook
Since March 9th of last year, the market has seen a steady, if uneven rise. This rise has largely been fueled by the policies of the Federal Reserve.
The Fed provided massive bailouts of the banking sector, enormous liquidity to the credit markets and interest rates [...]
On May 25, Rutherford Investment Management was featured in the Oregon Financial section of Forbes magazine (Portland subscribers only).
