March Stocks: In like a lion, out with whiplash

For the start of the 2014 year stock trading has been choppy in a lot of ways. The majority of these problems have been centered around the crisis in Ukraine but also the anticipation for a hike in the interest rates by the FEDs. There is hope that this will soon smooth out with the release of manufacturing, construction spending and auto sales numbers due out this week. This will hopefully inform investors about the recovering of the United States economy and promote investment into the market.
     Regardless of the slow start to the 2014 year there has been significant recovery seen in many areas. Hiring picked up significantly in February with about 175,000 jobs being added. Another bright spot can be seen in the construction sector which really picked up these past few months. However there is still hesitations of further economic growth due to the possible volatility around the European Central Bank.



http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/30/investing/stock-market-lookahead/index.html?iid=HP_LN