Tag Archives: Stock Market

Bahr on WPR: Understanding the stock market’s big dip

Written by Bahr, Kevin - June 16, 2022 at 9:36 am. Comments Off Tags: Economy, Stock Market, University of Wisconsin, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

The S&P 500 dropped precipitously Monday, June 13, pushing it into a bear market. The drop was caused by investors selling off their assets in anticipation of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates to control inflation. Prof. Kevin Bahr, chief analyst of the UW-Stevens Point Center for Business and Economic Insight, joined host Rob Ferrett […]

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The January Stock Market (and Interest Rates)

Written by Bahr, Kevin - February 1, 2022 at 8:53 am. Comments Off Tags: Stevens Point, Stock Market, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

The stock market has been up, down, and all around in January. For the week ending Jan. 21, 2022, the S&P 500, a benchmark for large company stocks (a large-cap index), fell 5.7% and the NASDAQ, a technology heavy stock index, declined 7.6%. That was the worst week for the market since the first quarter […]

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