May

5

Weekly Economic & Investment Recap: 5.2.08

May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended May 2, 2008.
Wow. Talk about a busy week.  With Exxon-Mobil experiencing the second best corporate quarter EVER (and still disappointing investors), earnings season moved closer to completion and the results have not been half-bad (at least, not as bad […]

Apr

20

Weekly Economic & Investment Recap: 4.18.08

April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended April 18, 2008. Enough with the negativity. No more “gloom and doom”.It’s time for a newattitude. Bring back the bulls.  Apparently folks simply have had enough (at least, for one week that is).  While this week’s […]

Apr

14

Weekly Investmtent & Economic Recap: 4.11.08

April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended April 11, 2008. Welcome to 1st quarter 2008 earnings season and consider yourself warned by Thomson Financial (and virtually everyone else) not to expect much.  (And with those low expectations, Alcoa, UPS, and GE did not […]

Apr

7

Weekly Investmtent & Economic Recap: 4.4.08

April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended April 4, 2008.  So the books on the dismal 1st quarter 2008 are officially closed (and not soon enough) and investors seem intent on moving past the recent negativity. Though financial (more write-downs) and economic (weak […]

Apr

1

Weekly Investment & Economic Recap: 3.28.08

April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended March 28, 2008. Never let it be said that JP Morgan Chase would kick a man (shareholder) when he’s down.  Last week, the major bank undoubtedly looked to take advantage of Bear Stearn’s financial “challenges” with […]

Mar

21

Weekly Investment & Economic Recap: 3.21.08

March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended March 20, 2008.  If there is a harder working man in this country than Ben Bernanke, he should show himself now.  While academic/economist types are not typically known for their creativity, the Fed Chair has had […]

Mar

18

Weekly Economic & Investment Wrap Up: 3.14.08

March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended March 14, 2008. Ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer’s “incident” brought a little comic relief to what had otherwise been a dark and gloomy time on Wall Street.  Of course, even traders and portfolio managers with underwater positions can […]

Mar

9

Weekly Investmtent & Economic Recap: 3.7.08

March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended March 7, 2008.  Not a whole heck of a lot to be optimistic about these days.  The economy is growing more and more sluggish with each passing day (can you say recession?).  Consumers are staying away […]

Mar

3

Weekly Economic & Investment Recap: 2.29.08

March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended February 29, 2008. Unfortunately for investors looking to close out the month with only slight equity index losses, February had an extra day this year and the markets did not take too kindly to the ongoing […]

Feb

19

Weekly Economic & Investment Recap: 2.15.08

February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended February 15, 2008. As the campaign season heats up, more Americans seem to be getting the fever and are even tuning into Congressional hearings for a look at our political system at its “finest.”  (Of course, […]

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