Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 12 – 18, 2009) Investor sentiment around the globe was negatively impacted during 2009’s second full week of trading as a barrage of bleak economic and corporate news offered more confirmation of a deepening recession, bringing ...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 5 – 11, 2009) Global stock markets reversed course during the last three days of the first full trading week of 2009 as investors were confronted by dreadful economic data, escalating layoffs and a bleak earnings outlook. As investor ...

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxiou...