August 11, 2015 Weekly Market Update from Maier & Associates Financial Group

It could be the result of an impending interest rate hike in September, or slumping oil prices, or lackluster earnings reports from some major companies, or it could be just summer doldrums, but the stock market definitely languished this past week as it has for most of the summer. The Dow continued its losing streak, falling over 300 points by week's end. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq followed the trend as well. but the week's biggest loser was the small-cap Russell 2000, which dropped 31 points, or over 2.5%.

Possibly in response to the increasing likelihood that interest rates are going up in the near term, the price of gold (COMEX) fell a bit compared to last week, selling at about $1,093.00 by late Friday afternoon. Prices for crude oil (WTI) continued spiraling downward, selling at $43.75/barrel by week's end. The national average retail regular gasoline price decreased to $2.689 per gallon on August 3, 2015, $0.056 less than last week's price and $0.826 below a year ago.

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