1999 Charts of the Week
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- Investment Resolutions for the Year 2000
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 31, 1999
- For those who will be making resolutions this weekend, we’d like to offer several suggestions relating to financial well-being.
- Fa La La La La: Holiday Labor Costs Rise
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 23, 1999
- The continued tightness of the labor market and strong demand for skilled labor has been a boon to holiday workers such as leaping lords and drumming drummers.
- International Stocks: The Tortoise to the S&P’s Hare in 1999
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 17, 1999
- Investors who shun international diversification miss out on return opportunities that cannot be predicted and risk reduction.
- Smaller Stock Turn-Around?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 10, 1999
- The Wilshire 5000 Index is the broadest measure of US stock market performance, and it trailed the S&P 500 Index for the first ten months of 1999-- but that has changed.
- Savings on the Rebound?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted December 3, 1999
- The personal savings rate, which is calculated by dividing personal savings by disposable personal income, bounced back above 2% in October 1999 after a long downhill haul since December 1992
- Growth in the Euro-zone
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted November 26, 1999
- Investors have viable investment options outside of the United States, but investing internationally does not come without risk.
- Mutual Fund Assets Continue to Build
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted November 19, 1999
- Of the 82.8 million Americans who own mutual funds, one half of these shareholders cite employer-sponsored retirement plans as their primary method for purchasing mutual funds.
- Save Early, Retire Early
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted November 11, 1999
- Investors who begin saving early earn the greatest advantage from compounding.
- A Growth Spurt in Growth Stocks
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted November 5, 1999
- Even though one either growth stocks or value stocks can outperform the other in any given period, neither style actually “dies” nor should any investor rely on one to the exclusion of the other.
- A Rotation in the Works
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 29, 1999
- Initial signs are developing in the fourth quarter that large-cap stocks may once again regain their strength from the first half of 1999.
- Top Capitalization Quintile or Else!
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 22, 1999
- The S&P 500 has posted strong returns because it is capitalization-weighted, meaning the larger the company, the greater influence it has on the Index.
- A Market in Transition?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 15, 1999
- Bond and stock markets have grown extremely volatile in the past several weeks and have left many investors edgy.
- Valuing the Market Using the Earnings Yield
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 8, 1999
- The S&P 500 earnings yield is near an all-time low (going back to 1965).
- Good News/Bad News?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted October 1, 1999
- News that the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM) Composite Index increased its highest level in over two years sent bond yields soaring higher as bond prices fell.
- Losing Sleep over Internet Stocks?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 24, 1999
- Internet stocks are not always fun and games for investors.
- Increase in Inflation: Cause for Concern?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 17, 1999
- Inflation at the consumer level, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.3% for the year ending in August 1999due mainly to a rebound in notoriously volatile energy prices.
- Rising Interest Rates Flow to Economy, Stock Market, and Ultimately Consumers
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 10, 1999
- Changing interest rates do not just affect your retirement portfolio returns, they affect your way of life.
- Changing Breadth of the Market
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted September 3, 1999
- Once again we see how just one-third of the stocks held in the S&P 500 can drive the entire Index.
- Applying the Brakes
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 27, 1999
- The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised its target for the federal-funds rate to 5.25% as expected last Tuesday in order to diminish the risk of rising inflation going forward.
- Currency Turnaround Benefits U.S. Investors in Japan
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 20, 1999
- By August 20, the yen stronger relative to the dollar than at the beginning of 1999 and about 10% stronger than at its low point relative to the dollar in May, benefiting U.S. investors in Japanese securities.
- In Search of Imperfect Correlation
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 13, 1999
- In theory, an investor would want to hold a portfolio of assets that are negatively correlated to reduce the risk of loss.
- Will History Repeat Itself?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted August 6, 1999
- Even though corrections are normal and healthy for equity markets, the timing of the last two years’ slumps are an interesting coincidence.
- Diversification is Key
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted July 30, 1999
- One way to reduce your overall risk while meeting your retirement goals is to diversify your portfolio
- Will Interest Rates Continue to Rise?
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted July 23, 1999
- Interest rates have risen sharply in 1999.
- Active Management Has Added Value This Year
- MarketView Chart of the Week, posted July 16, 1999
- Although international investments are risky, they can reduce overall portfolio risk when combined with domestic equities.
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