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MEADOR & ASSOCIATES Financial Advisors
Current Market News and Our Newsletter
• First Quarter ended 3/31/2011
The first quarter in 2011 continued to show slow
but steady growth in the economy. The U.S. service sector managed to expand
but at a mildly slower pace. We expect more of the same in the months ahead.
The uncertainties instilled by unease and strife in the Middle East, ...
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• Fourth Quarter ended 12/31/2010
December continued to show slow but steady growth
in the economy. The manufacturing index expanded for the 17th consecutive
month, registering the highest level of new orders since May. The service
sector also posted its highest level in more than four years. The Federal
Open Market Committee (FOMC), a component of the Federal Reserve, indicated
a greater optimism in ...
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• Third Quarter ended 09/30/2010
September presented the strongest rally for that
month since 1939, contributing to an increase in stock equity values of
more than 10%. However, consumer confidence continues to be hampered by
uncertainty in the job markets, overall meager growth in the economy, and
the on-again off-again reminder of European debt issues. Although economic
data continues ...
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• Second Quarter ended 06/30/2010
We have recovered significantly from the low point
reached in the markets in March 2009. The DJIA, a key measure for the market’s
strength, hit a low of 6,627 on 3/2/2009. By the end of 2009, the DJIA
had recovered 3,801 points, more than 57%, to 10,428. The Dow continued
to improve through the first quarter ended 3/31/2010, increasing an additional
429 points, or 4%, to 10,857. However, chronic unemployment, a lack of
free flowing credit, the European debt concerns, the BP drilling disaster
of April 20, and...
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• First Quarter ended 3/31/2010
The first quarter of 2010 has provided stellar results.
We are seeing more signs of a frustratingly slow economic recovery. Unemployment
has continued to remain too high for comfort, although the loss of jobs
has slowed. Consumers continue to spend cautiously,...
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• Fourth Quarter ended 12/31/2009
The year of 2009 is finally past us, bringing to a
close the first decade of the 21st century; one of the most volatile many
of us have experienced. A New Year and decade await us. We’ve all been
through a lot in 2009, as well as the decade. However, we have survived ...
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• Third Quarter ended 9/30/2009
The year of 2009 continues to progress. Although
investor uncertainty is still bountiful, most have heaved a sigh of relief
after back-to-back quarters of positive earnings reports. With that stated,
the most important issue remains what we can expect in the future? What
fundamentals...
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• Second Quarter ended 6/30/2009
Half of 2009 has already gone past! Whew! Where has
time gone? Although the speed of passing time seems to accelerate,
the economy continues to plug along at a chronically sluggish pace. Some
signs of improvement have begun to show in the housing markets, ...
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