The closely followed Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index had a remarkable year in 2017. The Dow gained an impressive 25% while the S&P 500 rose 19%, their best years since 2013. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was the clear

Since last year’s presidential election, the stock market has been on an absolute tear. Most of the major U.S. stock averages are up roughly 17% since then. The biggest chunk of these gains came immediately after the election in November. However,

Stocks continued to rise through the second quarter, albeit at about half the rate of the first quarter.  The large cap group had the best quarterly performance with the S&P 500 returning roughly 3%.  Mid and small cap stocks increased as well

Despite the recent sluggishness in the stock market, the major indexes wrapped up the first quarter on a very impressive note. The 

2016 will certainly go down as one of the more interesting years in recent memory. By far, the biggest story of the year was the presidential election results. Since the election, there have been quite a number reactions; not least of which has been