PSB Portfolio Updates
PSB Portfolio Update May 2013
May 16, 2013 The Bull Market Rumbles On Well, any doubts we may have had last month about the markets sustaining their upward momentum have been put to rest for the time being. As a matter of fact, the S&P 500 is up over 17% so far for the year. Small caps have held their […]
PSB Portfolio Update April 2013
April 18, 2013 Is It Time To Worry? There’s been a lot going on this week in the financial markets. Between earnings season and everything going on in the global economics arena, there’s just been a ton of financial news to follow. So far, the news has been mostly negative. However, there’s certainly no reason […]
PSB Portfolio Update March 2013
March 21, 2013 Will The Small Cap Rally Continue? For stock investors, March has been a strong month. The S&P 500 is up 2% since this time last month. And small caps have done slightly better, up 2.3% over the same period. Despite the volatility brought on by Europe (does anyone even know where Cyprus […]
PSB Portfolio Update February 2013
February 21, 2013 Is There Volatility Ahead? The past month has been generally good to stock investors, both large cap and small cap. The S&P 500 is up 2% over a 1-month period. And, small caps, as measured by the Russell 2000, have done even better. The Russell is up 2.5% over the same timeframe. […]
PSB Portfolio Update January 2013
January 17, 2013 The Rally Keeps Rockin’ Well Past New Year’s Eve! For equity investors, the rally has kept on rolling along in 2013. In fact, we’re looking at a 3.3% gain on the S&P 500 index in just a couple of weeks. As I’m sure you know, small cap investors like us have even […]
PSB Portfolio Update December 2012
December 20, 2012 Santa Comes Early… Or Is It A Fiscal Cliff Finale? Is the Santa rally a bit early this year? Or is the latest run in stocks all due to the improving negotiations in Washington? It’s looking like a little of both here… The Santa rally is traditionally a term we reserve for […]
PSB Portfolio Update November 2012
November 15, 2012 Fiscal Cliff Sends The Markets Off A Cliff… I was just reading last month’s update and can’t believe what a difference a month can make. We were setting new highs in the Dow and S&P 500 just four weeks ago. Now here we are, mid-November, and the DJIA is testing support levels […]
PSB Portfolio Update October 2012
October 18, 2012 Earnings Are Taking Markets To New Highs… Boy, if you were making investment decisions listening to talking heads in the financial media, you may have sold at exactly the wrong time! Just a week or two ago, they were all rehashing issues such as Europe, China, and even US earnings. On the […]
PSB Portfolio Update September 2012
September 20, 2012 Central Bank Stimulus “Stimulates” The Markets Well my friends, for the first time in recent memory, both the ECB and Fed delivered on their big talk. And boy did it send the markets flying higher. In fact, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 indexes rallied to new 4½ year […]
PSB Portfolio Update August 2012
August 16, 2012 Stocks Gearing Up For A Breakout Last month at this time, we talked about the pending rally in the major averages. I pointed out stronger than expected US corporate earnings had started the initial leg up. Also, a fresh batch of Chinese and US stimulus seemed to be the in cards. But […]
