August 2016: The U.S. Major Indexes Finished the Week Mixed
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on August 4th, 2016The very big picture: In the "decades" timeframe, the question of whether we are in a continuing Secular Bear Market that began in 2000 or in a new Secular Bull Market has been the subject of hot debate among economists and market watchers since 2013, when the Dow and S&P 500 exceeded their 2000 and 2007 highs.