After its spectacular rise yesterday, today the index ended on a slightly sour note  – closing down  .34% to finish the day at 258.44. The Dow Jones Industrial Average marched ahead, building on its gains from yesterday with an additional 38.97 points, or almost a quarter of a percent, to end the day at 18,039.37. 

Visual Marketplace Index Report for June 11, 2015

The Marketplace Index exploded across the finish line this week, closing up 1.5%  to finish the day at 262.18. The Dow Jones Industrial shed almost 141 points, to end the day at 17,898.84. The broader markets of the NASDAQ closed down .62% at 5051.10, and the broader S&P 500 also closed down .70% to end the day at 2,094.11.

Visual Marketplace Index Report for June 12, 2015

How many Photographs have been taken? The simple answer is about 4 trillion – however, what’s more amazing, is 90% of those photographs were taken in the last 20 years. And in the last 2 years, almost 25% of all the photographs ever taken – occurred. And every year, we take close to 10% of all the photographs that have ever been taken.

Will we ever get tired of photographing things?


Line of Sight: Will We Tire of Taking Photographs?

The Marketplace Index closed down, nearly half a percent, at 260.91. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down over half a percentage point, at .6%, to finish the day at 17,791.17 on greater than average volume, having opened trading lower than the close on Friday.

Visual Marketplace Index Report for June 15, 2015

With all this information swirling around us – why is it that visual is likely to be the mode that wins. To paraphrase Truman Capote – why is it we “like to watch”?

Line of Sight: Why do we Like to Watch?

Stocks rallied Tuesday with the Dow jumping 113 points as the major indexes rebounded from a two-day losing streak.

The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 0.6% to 17,904.48 as the blue-chip index moved back into positive territory for 2015.

The move higher came as the Federal Reserve kicked off its two-day meeting on interest rates and as investors continued to monitor the ongoing stalemate between Greece and its creditors.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 12 points, or 0.6%, to 2096.29 and the Nasdaq composite index added 26, or 0.5%, to 5055.55.

The marketplace index portfolio soared as well, closing at a monthly high of 262.51, almost up 2/3rds of a percent, on higher than average volume.


Visual Marketplace Index Report for June 16, 2015

U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.17%, to finish the day at 17,935.74, while the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite indexes both gained 0.2%.

The Marketplace Index closed the day down a quarter of a percent, to finish the day at 261.86.

Stocks were higher after the announcement by the US Federal Reserve that interest rates would remain at present targets over the summer. Citing an improving economy, the Federal Reserve signaled it will begin to raise historically low-interest rates as early as September, but that rates are likely to climb more gradually than it previously anticipated. Fed policymakers didn't explicitly state when they plan to boost the central bank's benchmark rate, although Fed officials have said they expect to act this year, the statement reiterated that the precise timing will depend on the economy's performance in coming months.

Visual Marketplace Index Report June 17, 2015

Stock markets around the world rallied on Thursday, while the U.S. dollar fell, a day after the Federal Reserve signaled that interest rates would rise more slowly than many had expected.

U.S Stocks closed higher on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining just over 180 points or 1% to close the day at a 2015 high of 18, 115.84. The NASDAQ index closed up as well – 1.34% to finish trading at 5132.95, and the S&P 500 was up 1%, closing the day at 2121.24.

The Marketplace Visual Index was up sharply, trading close to 2015 highs, at 263.29 or up .6% - nearly a 1% swing from yesterday’s close.

Visual Marketplace Index Report June 18, 2015

U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday following the NASDAQ's record high as investors eyed developments in the Greece debt negotiations amid quarterly options expirations.

The major indices ended near their lows of the day. The Dow Jones industrial average extended losses to close more than 100 points lower, with Travelers Cos. weighing on the index with a decline of about 2 percent, to finish the day at 18,014.28. The broader NASDAQ closed at closed down nearly 16 points, to finish the day at 5117.00 and the S&P also traded lower, shedding almost 12 points, to finish the day at 2109.75.

The Visual Marketplace Index closed down slightly – shedding considerably less than the broader market – of .2% to finish the day at 262.78. 


Visual Marketplace Index Report for June 19, 2015

U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with the NASDAQ ending at a record, as hopes grew that a deal would be reached in Europe that would prevent Greece from defaulting on loans.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 104.76 points, or 0.58 percent, to 18,120.71, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 12.96 points, or 0.61 percent, to 2,122.95 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 36.97 points, or 0.72 percent, to 5,153.97.

The Visual Marketplace Index closed up almost 3/4th of a percent, to end the day at 264.80. 


Visual Marketplace Index Report For June 22, 2015

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