The Markets
Comments Off on The MarketsIf you’re feeling whiplashed from the mid-week collision of good and bad economic news, you’re not alone. (more…)
If you’re feeling whiplashed from the mid-week collision of good and bad economic news, you’re not alone. (more…)
It was a wild, wild week.
Last Monday, bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon. Not long after, media outlets let the public know letters to President Obama and a senator from Mississippi contained the poison ricin. On Wednesday, the town of West, Texas was flattened by an explosion at a fertilizer plant. By the end of the week, a man had been arrested for sending the ricin letters, the city of Boston had been locked down, the bombing suspects had been captured, and folks were returning to their homes in West, Texas.
Investors puzzled over disparate pieces of economic and world news last week. By the end of the week, major world markets had cooled indicating investors didn’t like what they’d seen.