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Bob’s Journal for 8/27/20
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Big changes were announced in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) this week to take effect Aug. 31. The DJIA is composed of only 30 stocks. Unlike the other major stock market measures, the DJIA is price-weighted. The higher a stock’s price, the greater a percentage […]
Bob’s Journal for 8/20/20
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week The major stock market indexes continued climbing to new highs, but there were changes in the stocks pushing the indexes up. As you are aware, the U.S. stock indexes had a very few stocks earning high returns while the rest of the stocks in the indexes […]
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Gold and silver finally are taking a break from their runs to historic highs. As of last Friday, the iShares Gold Trust (IAU) was up 33.59% for the year to date. A lot of that return came in a strong run from June through last Friday. […]
Bob’s Journal for 8/6/20
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week The stock market appears to be dividing into an increasingly smaller group of haves and much larger have-nots. The Nasdaq 100 has been the best-performing index for a while. But most of its members have not participated in the latest surge. For example, though the index […]
Bob’s Journal for 7/20/20
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Two headlines in today’s Wall Street Journal show how the pandemic has upended the economy. In fact, the economy has changed rapidly. In addition, some businesses have been helped while others have been hurt badly. One headline said, “U.S. Economy Posts Sharpest Downturn on Record.” It […]
Bob’s Journal for 7/23/20
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Looking Beyond the Unemployment Claims Headlines The employment market probably is worse than the weekly data indicate. Most of the focus is on the number of new unemployment claims and the continuing claims. Those are very good measures of trends in the economy and labor markets. […]
Bob’s Journal for 7/16/20
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Good News on the Coronavirus Front There has been a surge of positive news in the last few days about the prospects for one or more vaccines against the coronavirus. The German firm BioNTech, which is partnering with Pfizer on a vaccine, is indicating it plans […]
Bob’s Journal for 7/9/20
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week The Wealthy Cut Their Spending There was a lot of interesting information below the headlines of the recent reports on income and spending. The stimulus programs Congress enacted beginning in March were designed to replace income that households and businesses lost due to stay-at-home policies. The […]
