Posts made in December, 2009

Market Commentary- Q4 2009

Posted by on Dec 30, 2009 in MFA Quarterly Commentaries

What’s Been Happening? The US stock market as represented by the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued its remarkable recovery. The index gained 8.1% during the last quarter of 2009 and finished the year up 22.7%. Much as we enjoy rising markets, a pullback or two following 8 out of 10 positive months would be healthy. However, as the outlook improves for recession-depressed corporate profits, gains in stock prices should not be unexpected. Source: Wall Street Journal Market Data Group 12/30/09 Trends to be Aware of Despite the run up in stocks from March on, investors stuffed their money...

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