by peter.losh | Mar 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
It was another highly volatile week for stock markets, but in a welcome change, equities closed the week substantially up. The S&P 500 rose on the week 10.3%. Year to date, the index is down 21.0%, and from its February 19 peak it’s down 24.9%. Believe it or...
by peter.losh | Mar 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Week 4 of the COVID-19 market upheaval witnessed continued high volatility and lower prices. The S&P 500 fell nearly 15%, with this past Monday’s drop accounting for about 80% of the weekly...
by peter.losh | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould Note: Before I write about money and investments in the context of the COVID-19, I want to be clear that the illness is first and foremost a health and humanitarian concern and only secondarily a financial one. As important an asset as money may be,...
by peter.losh | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Global stock prices continued to gyrate wildly, and mostly downward, this week as markets adjust to a steady stream of new developments in the unfolding crisis surrounding COVID-19. Today’s more than 9% US stock market decline was its biggest one-day drop since...
by peter.losh | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
A mere nine days ago on February 19, 2020, the S&P 500 (the leading US stock market index) reached an all-time high. Since then the index has dropped about 13%, which qualifies as a “correction” (a 10% drop) and is two-thirds of the way to bear market territory (a...
