September 26, 2010
Lisa Brown was quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Stocks Defy Gloomy Outlook
It turns out that volatility is a two-way street.
After August was a Wall Street downer, the consensus turned gloomy for this month, too. Yet September has been the best month for the stock market, thus far, in an up and down year.
Of course, there are still four trading days left.
But so far, a series of breezes has conspired to steadily lift prices: The S&P 500 index was up a gusty 9 percent.