BCN ADVANTAGE: 2014 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report For 2014, the S&P 500 climbed 11.4% to 2,059, the Dow gained 7.5% to 17,823 and the Nasdaq rose 13.4% to 4,736. While large-cap stocks had a […]
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BCN ADVANTAGE: 2013 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report The S&P 500 rose 29.6% in 2013, its best annual performance since 1997. The Dow climbed 26.5%, its best year since 1995. The Nasdaq soared 38.3%, its […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2012 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report For 2012, the DJIA closed at 13,104, up 7.3%, the Nasdaq at 3,019, up 15.9% and the S&P 500 at 1,426, up 13.4%. Financials were the strongest […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report For 2011, the DJIA closed at 12,218, up +5.5%. The Nasdaq closed at 2,605, down -1.8%. The S&P 500 finished exactly where it began the year, closing […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2010 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report For 2010, the DJIA was up 11.0% (closing at 11,578), the S&P 500 was up 12.8% (closing at 1,258) and the Nasdaq was up 16.9% (closing at […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report Numerous market records were set during the first decade of the new millennium, including the price of Gold: $1,217.40 December 2009, Oil: $147.27 July 2008, Gasoline: $4.114 […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report We hope the real lesson of 2008 is clear: “Buy-and-Hold” as a reliable strategy in every market does not work. Either you exited stocks early in 2008 […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2007 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report Last year’s annual report ended with a question: “Is this 1995-1999 all over again, the last time the Fed ended a series of interest rate hikes? Or […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report We are in the late stages of a 4-year bull cycle that began in October 2002. This is the 5th longest bull market in the past 75 […]
BCN ADVANTAGE: 2005 ANNUAL REPORT
Download Full Report For the major market indexes, 2005 was a roller-coaster ride in the truest sense – peaks and dips and rolls that ultimately ended (almost exactly) where the […]
