Saturday, October 01, 2005

3rd Quarter Report Card

For the year the American markets are basically treading water.

-The Standard & Poors 500 excluding dividends is up 1.4% for the year
-The Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost 1.99% in 2005.
-The Nasdaq Composite has declined 1.1% this year.

The real winners have been small and midcap stocks and energy related companies.

Source: Investors Business Daily.