Mixed Bag
Last Week: It was a mixed bag of tricks and treats for stocks, with the S&P 500 suffering its worst decline since Halloween at -1.5%, while the Russell 2000 gained 1.5%, and 1827 advancing issues outnumbered 1402 decliners. The dollar, gold, and interest rates were all largely unchanged. I guess you could call it a “quiet” week in the market. The economic data continued to soften, with Retail Sales for December [...]