Mike Schwager
Managing Director, Chief Market Strategist

Market Strategy

DateWeekly Viewpoint
July 21, 2008 Markets Revive Following Oil’s Dive
July 14, 2008 Six Lows in a Row Show the Market’s Acrophobia
July 8, 2008 Mid-Year Update
June 30, 2008 Nickel and Diming at the End of the Quarter
June 23, 2008 Market Jitters Ahead of Fed Meeting
June 16, 2008 Moths in a Light Bulb Factory
June 9, 2008 Markets Decline on Falling Jobs and Rising Oil
June 2, 2008 Pullback in Oil Prices Fuels Market Gains
May 19, 2008 The Rebound Continues
May 12, 2008 A Pause to Refresh
May 5, 2008 Stocks Rise for a Third Straight Week
April 28, 2008 Easing Cycle May Be Coming To an End
April 21, 2008 Is That The Faint Sound of a Bell?
April 14, 2008 Profit Concerns Weigh on Stocks
April 7, 2008 Markets Finish Solidly Higher Despite Mixed News
March 31, 2008 Bottom or Bottoming?
March 24, 2008 March Madness
March 17, 2008 All Eyes on Fed Meeting
March 10, 2008 Stocks Sink on Recession Worries
March 3, 2008 A Weak Week
February 25, 2008 Talk of Stagflation on the Rise
February 18, 2008 Market See-Saws but Bulls Prevail
February 11, 2008 Inflation Concerns Inflating
February 4, 2008 Fed Rate Cut Sparks a Rally
January 28, 2008 Sellers Exhausted But Laser-Focused on This Week's Announcements
January 21, 2008 It is Always Darkest Before Dawn
January 18, 2008 Monthly Market Monitor: January 2008
January 14, 2008 Third Straight Week of Declines Pushes Investor Sentiment to the Extremes
January 7, 2008 New Year, Same Worries
December 18, 2007 Stocks Sink on Rising Inflation
December 3, 2007 Stocks Rally as Federal Reserve is Expected to Refill the Punch Bowl
November 26, 2007 Holiday Sales -- So Far, So Good
November 19, 2007 Market Posts Modest Gains in the Face of Mixed News
November 12, 2007 Investors Go On a Buyers Strike Due to Economic Concerns
November 5, 2007 Is the Fed Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
October 29, 2007 FOMC Meeting Expected to Take Center Stage This Week
October 22, 2007 The 3 E’s—Energy, Economy, Earnings—Weigh on Market
October 15, 2007 Five in a Row
October 8, 2007 Jobs Report Gives “All Clear” Sign
October 1, 2007 The 'Bernanke Rally' Continues

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