{"id":22237,"date":"2013-10-11T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T19:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=22237"},"modified":"2017-06-21T12:53:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:53:58","slug":"weekly-market-wrap-up-october-11-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2013\/10\/weekly-market-wrap-up-october-11-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Market Wrap Up, October 11, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
Corporate profits reach all-time nominal high in Q2 increasing to a 12.53% of GDP output from a 12.22% in the previous quarter. In addition, with the close of Q3 last week, performance of the Fortune 500 points to yet another strong quarter for large cap equities. However, despite the record-setting profits, the government shut down last week has affected consumer and investor sentiment, alluding to potentially higher volatility looming ahead. The disruption as a result of fiscal drag and the stalemate in Washington points to the seemingly policy-dependent market movements, which can further disrupt the markets in the short-term. With the growth in nominal GDP steadily rising, the decline in unemployment, and the steady increase in corporate profits reveals to a continuing recovery from 2008. Investors should continue to price economic and company fundamentals.<\/p>\n
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