April 27, 2015 Weekly Market Update from Maier & Associates Financial Group

At long last: Proverbial corks were flying last week as the Nasdaq finally broke its 15-year-old record, set in March 2000, to close the week at 5092.08. The 3.25% weekly jump was driven largely by earnings reports from several large technology stalwarts. The S&P 500 also posted a new high, as indexes other than the Nasdaq posted weekly gains ranging from 1.25% to 1.75%.

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April 20, 2015 Weekly Market Update from Maier & Associates Financial Group

Investor fears returned with a vengeance on Friday, as markets tumbled across the globe. Domestic indexes were down 1% or more for the week, while the Global Dow fell nearly a quarter percent. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 1.87%. Observers attributed Friday's stock market losses to a series of lackluster earnings reports in the United States, combined with jitters associated with a possible Greek debt default and China's issuance of new stock trading regulations. Despite the drops, stocks are still in positive territory for the year.

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April 13, 2015 Weekly Market Update from Maier & Associates Financial Group

Despite a weaker-than-expected jobs report released on Good Friday, a day when markets were closed, last week proved to be a positive one for stocks. Driven in part by a major strategic announcement released by General Electric (GE) on Friday, large caps ended the week up more than 1.5%, while a 2.23% gain propelled the Nasdaq to retake the year-to-date top spot. The dollar, which had been falling in recent weeks, rebounded after Federal Open market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes and a strong unemployment claims report reinvigorated speculation surrounding a potential interest rate hike in the coming months.

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April 6, 2015 Weekly Market Update from Maier & Associates Financial Group

The Russell 2000 continued to be more resilient than its domestic large-cap brethren, which ended the week little changed. The small caps even managed to steal the year-to-date lead from the Nasdaq, which has the week's weakest performance. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield fell as prices rose after a disappointing jobs report spurred hopes that it might encourage the Fed to postpone rate hikes.

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March 30, 2015 Weekly Market Update from Maier & Associates Financial Group

An uptick in equities on Friday couldn't overcome the four-day downdraft across the board that preceded it. Whether the slump was caused by weak economic data, a fresh outbreak of Middle East conflict, a discouraging report about corporate profits, or simple profit-taking after the previous week's strength, it left the S&P 500 a whisker away from flat for the year and wiped out all year-to-date gains for the Dow industrials. Military action in Yemen, a country situated at a key checkpoint for Middle Eastern oil shipments, was seen as a potential threat to supplies and fueled a bounce in the price of oil. However, anxiety about equities didn't translate into gains for the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note, which remained relatively stable. Gold built on the upswing that began the previous week; it has now gained roughly $50 an ounce in a little less than two weeks.

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