Market Watch with Tom Waitt

October_26th_2011.mp3 World Equity Performance - 2011    Global Markets have had a rough year, with major shifts occurring on a daily basis in every investment vehicle from Gold to Government Bonds to Stocks all around the World. World Indexes Performance - 2011 (Click For Larger Picture) Markets around the world are linked together by instantaneous media reports like they have never been before. They started 2011 in lock step moving up 7% in the first 2 months but by March started a correction that took emerging markets down sharply. By May of this year a U.S. equity lead correction set the highs of 2011 only to stumble in June and July and get hammered down in August and September. It appears the lows were in at the end of September and this month of October saw the U.S. equity index come back to flat for the year. The out performance of U.S. Stocks has been impressive given the dire political situation of wrangling among Democrats and Republicans preparing for the Presidential elect