April 26, 2012 Over the past year economic turmoil in the Eurozone has taken its toll on US investors in international stocks. Here are some figures. The S&P 500’s annual return over the last three years has averaged 25.34%, and has added 4.08% over the 12 months ending 2/29/2012, while the MSCI EAFE index, a measure of developed market performance outside the US, averaged 19.8 %
Investments April 13, 2012 One Good Deed Can Save Thousands of Lives
Have you ever wondered how many emails animal rescue organizations receive in a day, and how volunteers filter the mail and respond? Jennifer Smith, president of Noah’s Arks Rescue in Okatie, SC answered this question with a lilt in her voice that made me smile when I realized that in spite of how grave the situation, every email citing abuse gives Jennifer an opportunity to rescue another animal from cruelty
March 22, 2012 Marc Cordray, son of Hilton Head Islanders Jackie & Maurice Cordray, needs a kidney transplant.
A self-employed are musician and private instructor, Marc suffers from IgA nephropathy, an autoimmune disease that attacks his kidneys; and his kidney capacity is not down to about 10%. Transplant surgery, and all that goes with it, is of course very costly.
March 8, 2012 Bon Appetit Management Company and the Humane Society of the United States made history in the food service industry last week when they announced in a joint statement that by 2015, the company will cease serving all pork produced using the “cruel and inhumane practice of gestation crates”, and will...
Market Insight - April 2012
The broad US stock market, measured by the S&P 500, gained 2.8 % in March and almost 12 % for the first quarter 2012. It was the index’s best start since 1998, and the best quarter since the third quarter of 2009. The Dow added 8.1% for the quarter and the tech heavy Nasdaq gained 18.7%. Smaller stocks, measured by the S&P Small Cap 600, rose11.7%
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