Shesa's FEBRUARY 2015 INVESTMENT BLOG
8 February 2015 FEBRUARY 2015 Investment Blog Shesa Nayak U.S. Stock Market Commentary Hello and Welcome to my February 2015 investment blog. The DOW Jones Industrial Average closed last Friday at 17824.29 , S&P 500 closed at 2055.47 and NASDAQ closed at 7444.40 points . The good news is that, after enormous volatility in January there was some sense of optimism in the stock market due to positive economic news. So let’s discuss some of the critical factors impacting the stock market in last few weeks. U.S Economy News: The Labor Department said Friday that 227,000 jobs were created in January, which was more than the analyst expectation. It can be noted that, the US economy has created more than one million jobs in last 3 months. However, the unemployment rate went up to 5.7% from 5.6%. Why did the unemployme...