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 [...]
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 [...]
On May 25, Rutherford Investment Management was featured in the Oregon Financial section of Forbes magazine (Portland subscribers only).
