US equities, as measured by the performance of the S&P 500 Index (SPX), closed the week slightly lower than last week’s close after consolidating sideways for most of the week and battling with the 5500 resistance level. Markets were weak on Friday as investors absorbed the potential impact of Thursday’s presidential debate: Although the SPX […]

US Equities hit new all-time highs again this week as the SPX (S&P 500 Index) continued in it’s upward trend: However, the index seemed to find resistance at the psychological 5500 “round” number level – so we will have to wait to see whether this level holds and we take a breather with a pullback […]

It was another bullish week in US equities with stocks continuing their slow climb to new highs: In terms of relative strength, compared with other major asset classes, US equities again came in close to the top of the list, although long term treasury bonds (TLT) stole the show: Current holdings in the Rutherford Portfolio […]

US Equities continued their upward climb hitting new all-time highs during the week and closing ~1% higher than last week’s close: This again places US Equities near the top of the performance list of major asset classes: Commodities (DBC) and Gold (GLD) fell from grace this past week. Current holdings in the Rutherford portfolio look […]

Apologies for being late with this week’s review, I had an emergency and had to go out of town for the weekend and only returned late last night. Last week was not a great week for US equities with the S&P Index closing the week down ~o.5% from last week’s close: Prices are now sitting […]

It was not a good week for US Equities as the S&P 500 Index banged it’s head against the 5300 barrier all week and closed ~0.2% lower than last weeks close: Prices are still in an uptrend channel and sitting near the all-time highs. It will be interesting to see whether the “seasonal” bullish trend, […]