market turbulence

A volatile and unpredictable stock market has brought renewed attention to the likelihood of the United States economic recovery. A combination of the European sovereign debt crisis, S&P’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating to AA+ and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office’s mid-year projection of modest 2.3 percent GDP growth for 2011 are believed to be behind recent financial markets’ turbulence. Local investors and business owners shared their analysis and reactions to the past month of … [Read more...] about Remaining Confident through Market Turbulence