26 Jul 2013

Posted at 17:05h in Blogs by
It's time for another edition of the Beacon Weekend Reader.  We hope you enjoy our latest installment of interesting articles and videos designed to keep you informed and engaged in the areas of economics, personal finance and life. Please send us your thoughts on this week's articles and suggestions for future posts.  Have a great weekend!

25 Feb 2011

Posted at 15:04h in The Friday Brief by
Mounting problems in Libya sent oil prices over $100, natural gas trading to record highs, and equity prices reeling. The MSCI US Broad Market Index, which represents 99.5% or more of the total market capitalization of all US common stocks was down 3.9% intra-day, but closed down 2.9% for the week as of yesterday. Realization that there is enough oil supply, a number of good earnings reports and today’s news that last year’s economy (despite a downward revision) still grew the best in 5 years has stocks up .6% this morning.