Temperatures remain warm but stocks have cooled recently with the S&P 500 Index’s first back-to-back weekly decline since early May. The weekly return for the

A mixed week of earnings reports, higher oil prices and a downgrade of the U.S. debt by rating agency Fitch all combined to move stocks

A combination of favorable earnings reports and economic data moved stocks higher last week. The weekly return for the S&P 500 Index was +1.0%, the

A broadening of industry participants in the market advance helped the S&P 500 Index rise as the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 fell this past week. The