Numbers & Statistics

Statistics on market, sector and stock performance for 2015 have been rolling in over the past few days {hint:  Not Good}.  I'm going to share a few of these with you as I see them and as I think they are relevant.

From the Wall Street Journal's Blog.  {WSJ: 2015 in the Markets} "For the S&P 500, 2015 will go down in history as one of the smallest annual moves in the benchmark’s history. But that doesn’t mean it was a dull year for global markets. From London to New York, from Riyadh to Shanghai, here are some of the numbers that mattered most in 2015.The S&P 500 was up for the year as recently as Dec. 30, but finished down 0.7% thanks to a decline on the last trading day of 2015. The year-end figure snapped a three year winning streak. Six of the ten sectors ended in the red, while 281 of the individual stocks in the index declined.  Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 398 points, or 2.2%."

*Long ETFs related to the S&P 500 in client and personal accounts.  A few accounts have legacy positions in ETFs related to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  Positions can change at any time.

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