S&P Downgrades US from AAA – Impacts and Implications

Much has been said about the Friday night downgrade by Standard & Poor’s of the US sovereign credit rating from AAA to AA+ and the impact this will have on the markets. While this action is significant, it is ...

After a strong first quarter, expect a more subdued second quarter performance

The US stock market had one of its best starts in the first quarter of 2011 buoyed by a very strong performance in the energy sector that was responsible, alone, for almost 40% of the total S&P gains ...

A Change in Sentiment fueling current market run

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver the last few weeks we have been seeing anecdotal evidence that the US, and global, economy picking up; this has been rather small and it probably does not explain by itself the resilience in the major indexes and the ...