Chief strategists Harvery B. Hirschhorn, Joe P. Quinlan and Lynn Reaser interpret the latest economic and market trends in these weekly and monthly publications. Learn more about the authors
Weekly Commentaries
These publications provide a review of the week's major economic news and implications for the markets as well as projections for indicators to be released in the coming week.
Capital Market Outlook - Week of August 18, 2008 (PDF)
Capital Market Outlook - Week of July 28, 2008 (PDF)
Surveillance Continues - Week of July 28, 2008 (PDF)
Still Taking Classes - Week of July 14, 2008 (PDF)
Economic and Market Outlook
These monthly presentations provide an interpretation of the latest economic and market trends to inform you and help you build your business.
Bear markets and beyond - August 2008 (PDF)
Looking for turning points - July 2008 (PDF)
Looking ahead to summer - June 2008 (PDF)
Investment Perspective
This monthly publication features an analysis of the U.S. economy and international trends, as well as an in-depth discussion of the capital markets and implications for investment strategy.
Investment Perspective - August 2008 (PDF)
Investment Perspective - June 2008 (PDF)
Investment Perspective - May 2008 (PDF)
Charles P. McQuaid provides periodic market commentaries known as Squirrel Chatter II.
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Index - The most widely used indicator of the overall condition of the stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index is a price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue chip stocks as selected by the editors of the Wall Street Journal. NASDAQ Composite Index - The NASDAQ Composite Index is a market capitalization price-only index that tracks the performance of domestic common stocks traded on the regular NASDAQ market as well as National Market System-traded foreign common stocks and America Depository Receipts. S&P 500 Index - The Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index tracks the performance of 500 widely held, large-capitalization U.S. stocks.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index - The most widely used indicator of the overall condition of the stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index is a price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue chip stocks as selected by the editors of the Wall Street Journal.
NASDAQ Composite Index - The NASDAQ Composite Index is a market capitalization price-only index that tracks the performance of domestic common stocks traded on the regular NASDAQ market as well as National Market System-traded foreign common stocks and America Depository Receipts.
S&P 500 Index - The Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index tracks the performance of 500 widely held, large-capitalization U.S. stocks.
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