[Click the image to enlarge it.] That graph shows some perspective. And here’s some reality: As we all know, yesterday the stock market took anther slide.  I usually hate Associated Press articles because they rarely explain the news well, but yesterday’s short AP piece was, like that g...

With the curtain closing on 2008, it’s time for me to take out my crystal ball and predict what will happen in 2009. 1- Even with a surge in the polls, due to the Israeli/Hamas conflict, both Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni will falter badly in the upcoming Israeli elections, paving the way for for...

Filed under: Indices, Market matters, Economic data, S and P 500, Federal Reserve On October 9, the S&P 500 index rose 12.57 points to close at a record high of 1565.15. The move was attributed to the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's September 18 meeting that indicated the central b...