2000 Charts of the Week
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- Fa La La La La: Holiday Labor Costs Rise
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 22, 2000
- The continued tightness of the labor market and strong demand for skilled labor has been a boon to holiday workers such as leaping lords and drumming drummers
- Rotation in Action
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 15, 2000
- Past performance is not a good indicator of future results.
- Is The Dollar Falling Out of Favor?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 8, 2000
- The historic performance of the dollar shows that the currency tide has not always favored the dollar.
- Bubble... Bubble... Burst?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 1, 2000
- After last year’s strong performance, the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ Composite are all well into negative territory so far this year.
- The Value of Proper Diversification Among Fund Objectives
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted November 17, 2000
- A proper diversification among different categories of funds provides protection against market fluctuations.
- Does It Matter Who’s in Office?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted November 10, 2000
- Regardless of who controls the White House and other branches of the government, there are no substitutes for sound investment strategies.
- Smaller Stocks Hold the Leadership Position So Far This Year
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted November 3, 2000
- The major domestic equity indexes have outperformed the MSCI EAFE Index of other developed market stocks since January 1999.
- Smaller Stocks Hold the Leadership Position So Far This Year
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 27, 2000
- The market favors smaller stocks so far this year.
- This Year in Tech, There are no Substitutes for Good Stock Picking
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 20, 2000
- The recent stream of earning warnings from several of the biggest names in the technology sector has forced investors to reassess their belief that technology companies were inoculated against ordinary economic forces.
- It’s a Stock-Picker’s Market
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 13, 2000
- Just because the S&P 500 Index was in negative territory for the last two quarters doesn’t mean all the stocks in the index produced losses.
- Pricey Oil and a Strong Dollar - A Dangerous Combination
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 6, 2000
- Rising oil prices are pinching consumers in the U.S., but causing real pain abroad.
- S&P 500 Takes Two Steps Back
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 29, 2000
- The S&P 500 fell into negative territory for the quarter, marking the first time in over sixteen years that this widely quoted benchmark has lost ground for two consecutive quarters.
- The Golden Rule: Maintain Proper Asset Allocation
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 22, 2000
- The performance of three major indexes confirms that past performance is no guarantee for future results.
- The Virtue of Active Management
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 15, 2000
- The objective of active management is to uncover the opportunities that lie below the typical market data that we see and add value to diversified portfolios.
- Broadly Diversified Portfolios Tolerate Style Shifts Better
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 8, 2000
- Often, turning points are identifiable only in retrospect. Such is the investment style turning point that occurred on March 14.
- New Job Creation Slows—Will the Economy Follow?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 1, 2000
- The stock and bond markets reacted positively to the August employment report released on Friday, September 1.
- Active Management Is Back in Favor
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 25, 2000
- The investment environment in the year 2000 has proven that active management can provide essential benefits.
- Sector Rotation in Action
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 18, 2000
- The first quarter of 2000 looked very much 1999.
- The Decline and Fall of the Euro
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 11, 2000
- A decline in a foreign currency hurts US investors holding foreign stocks denominated in that currency.
- A Technician’s Look at the Nasdaq Composite
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 4, 2000
- Despite “Market efficiency” implying that charts can’t give an investor advantageous information about the future direction of prices, it’s interesting to see how performance patterns repeat, time after time.
- End of a Fad
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted July 28, 2000
- Like all fads eventually do, the Internet fad has come to a quick end.
- Investment Statistics 301
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted July 21, 2000
- Don’t rely on beta alone to express the potential variability of an investment.
- Stock Market Broadens Out in Second Quarter
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted July 14, 2000
- After several consecutive quarters of narrowness, stock performance is becoming more balanced.
- Coming in for a Landing!
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted July 7, 2000
- Two important data trends indicate that the Fed’s series of interest rate increases is having the desired effect. Elements of the economy are softening.
- Can Growth Continue To Dominate?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted June 30, 2000
- The past can’t predict the future, but it can help us understand patterns of performance in the markets.
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