Bouchey Blog
Experts: Economy slowly healing, but jobs are key to recovery – saratogian.com.
For the investor looking for a calm, headline free year, they certainly didn’t find it in 2012. From the potential impact of the Fiscal Cliff, to continued concerns of a spread of the European crisis, the possibility of an Israel and Iran conflict and weakness in emerging market economies, there were plenty of reasons and…
I never thought it would come to this, but after 18 months, our elected officials in Washington have waited to the very last minute and aren’t willing to negotiate a deal to stop our country from going over the “Fiscal Cliff”. President Obama won’t budge on reforming entitlement programs which he desperately needs to do,…
After the latest turn of events in Washington, I thought it was time to try and make sense out of the mess our country is in. A Blog is a forum to share ones opinion, and let me start off by saying I am not registered in any political party, I’m considered a blank at…
Charles Schwab tells us that we are in the top 10% of all firms in the country because of our dedicated team and the investment we’ve made in technology. With that being said, we aren’t sitting on our laurels and have invested in a trading / CRM platform that is second to none so we…
Investors saw red during the 2nd quarter and it wasn’t from the fireworks, rather it was the never ending headlines that added to the volatility and made for a down quarter. The Dow was off – 2.5%, S&P 500 down – 3.3%, Nasdaq giving back the most – 5% and the Russell 2000 small-cap index…
Apple Overview
Following Apple’s mixed earnings report Wednesday night (revenue fell slightly short and earnings beat expectations), the stock price took a hit in after-hours trading which lasted through Friday, finishing the week at $443/share. Although Apple’s earnings were a disappointment to most, there were many positive elements to the report and the sharp decline is primarily…