US Stock prices were mixed in a volatile week as earnings tended to lead the market direction.  With about half of S&P500 companies reporting earnings so far 78% have beat estimates on earnings and 66% beating sales estimates.  Positive data from Europe and China helped move their markets higher.  Treasury bonds were mostly unchanged.  Commodities […]

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The markets rose in the first part of the week by strong earnings from several large companies.  Janet Yellen’s testimony to congress said the recovery is not yet complete but she noted that there are pockets of stretched valuations in stocks of smaller firms in social media and biotechnology.  On Thursday stocks fell in the […]