Putting Financial News– Good or Bad–in Context

August 1, 2015

Financial Topics

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   Investors’ reaction to economic news can be baffling. For example, positive economic announcements, such as an uptick in gross domestic product (GDP), stronger-thanexpected earnings by bellwether companies or a drop in unemployment are sometimes followed by a market sell-off. If the market’s negative response to seemingly good news has left […]