Monthly Archives: January 2006

Welcome to 2006! January was a good month for most markets.

Several waves are propping a general tide of positive sentiment:

• Market Optimism over the swearing in of Bernanke as the new Fed chief on February 1
• Positive corporate earnings reports

Simultaneously, however, investor optimism is being tempered by:

• Weak fourth-quarter GDP growth of 1.1%
• Thought that the cumulative impact […]