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Shesa's OCTOBER 2015 INVESTMENT BLOG

            18 Oct 2015 OCTOBER 2015 Investment Blog Shesa Nayak    U.S. Stock Market Commentary Hello friends, welcome to my monthly investment blog. After a major correction last month, the stock market has been bouncing back nicely in last few weeks. We will discuss in details but first let’s take a quick look to the U.S. Stock Market Indexes. U.S Indexes 2-Jan-15 Friday Close Year-to-Date Change YTD % Change DOW  17823.07 17,215.97 -607.10 -3.41 S&P 500 2058.9 2033.11 -25.79 -1.25 NASDAQ 4736.05 4,886.69 150.64 3.18 Key Economy News Unemployment Rate remains at 5.1 percent. The U.S. economy added 142,000 jobs in September against expectation of 200,000 jobs. In addition, August job report was revised downward from 173,000 to 136,000. The market rallied after t...