http://stonecreekwealth.com Stonecreek Wealth Advisors Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:16:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”– Abraham Lincoln 9.7% and holding. The Labor Department reported only 36,000 net job losses last month, so the jobless rate was flat for February. Economists ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/03/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-march-1-2010-2/ Presented by Mark Lund, The investor Coach. Quote of the week. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”– Friedrich Nietzsche Stocks log best month since November. The S&P 500 rose 2.85% last month even with worries over Greece, China and the U.S. housing and job markets. The ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/03/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-march-1-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.”– Gen. Colin Powell Fed bumps discount rate up to 0.75%. The exit strategy had to get rolling at some point, yet the ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/02/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-february-22-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Live out of your imagination, not your history.”– Dr. Stephen Covey Retail sales increase. Friday, the Census Bureau estimated retail sales up 0.5% for January, with a 4.7% year-over-year gain from January 2009. The half-percent gain topped the +0.3% forecast of ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/02/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-february-15-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”– Leonardo da Vinci Jobless rate falls to 9.7%. The January statistic from the Labor Department was encouraging – a 0.3% drop from December. Bizarrely, there was no job growth even with that sizable decline – payrolls ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/02/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-february-8-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”– Lois McMaster Bujold 4Q GDP: 5.7%: That is the preliminary reading from the Commerce Department, and that is the best reading since 3Q 2003. Economists pointed ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/02/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-february-1-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Popularity: it is glory’s small change.”– Victor Hugo “Volcker rule” worries Wall Street. Investors frowned last week as the President talked of rules that would bar banks and bank holding firms from getting involved in hedge funds or conducting proprietary trading ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/01/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-january-25-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Laughter is by definition healthy.”– Doris Lessing How about a too-big-to-fail tax? Last week, President Obama proposed a Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee - a tax on the largest U.S. banks to help repay $117 billion in TARP losses. Would banks respond ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/01/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-january-18-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Wisdom is found only in truth.”– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Jobless rate stays at 10.0%. Hopes were high on Wall Street that unemployment would fall back to single digits, but at least things stayed flat for December. The positives: the 10.0% ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/01/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-january-11-2010/ Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”– Oprah Winfrey Consumers think positive. The latest index of consumer attitudes from the Conference Board came in at 52.9 last week, surpassing the 52.5 forecast in a ... http://stonecreekwealth.com/2010/01/weekly-market-news-for-the-week-of-january-4-2010/