Today the market closed slightly lower than it did last Friday. The DOW finished at 27,910 down -104.34 points or a -0.37% The S&P 500 finished at 3,135.89 down -10.02 points or a -0.32% The

The market today finished at all time highs. The jobs reported 200,000+ new jobs with unemployment rate at 3.5%. The economic standard is 5%. In English: Stable unemployment at 5% means that 95% of the

The Market finished modestly up today The Dow finished at 27,677 up  +28.01 The S&P 500 finished at 3,117.43 up +4.67 The NASDAQ finished at 8,570.70 up +4.03 The Russell finished at 1,614.83 up +0.56

Today the market was up except for the Materials Sector. The DOW closed at 27,651.48 up +148.67 points for a 0.54% gain The S&P 500  closed at 3,111.73 up +19.53 points for a 0.63% gain

Dow: 28,065 Change from Friday +189.0 or +0.68% S&P 500: 3,133 Change from Friday +23.24 or +0.75% NASDAQ: 8,632 Change from Friday+112.60 or +1.32% Russell 2K; 1,621  Change from Friday +33.04 or +2.08% The market

Question: I want to use money from my 401k account to make a down payment on a home.  Can I use my 401k to buy a house? What are the pros and cons I should

The market took a downturn. Again the Administration poured cold water on a trade agreement with China. Ten days ago we had a deal, but no deal. Now word is out that maybe next year.

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Today I am playing with my blog. I’ve never done this before so here goes. The markets closed at record levels. The DOW closed at 27,682.24 The S&P 500 closed 3,093.08 The NASDAQ closed at