[Certified Financial Group]

As of market close October 30, 2015 – News that the Fed would not be raising interest rates at least until December had little impact on the markets in general, as equities closed last week without much movement from the prior week. The Dow and S&P 500 finished last week up 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively. Of the indexes listed here, last week’s biggest gainer was the Nasdaq, up 0.44% to 5053.75, while the Russell 2000 and the Global Dow both finished the week losing value.

The price of gold (COMEX) decreased, selling at $1,141.70 by late Friday afternoon compared to $1,164.00 a week earlier. Crude oil (WTI) prices gained a bit, selling at $46.39 per barrel by week’s end. The national average retail regular gasoline price decreased to $2.228 per gallon on October 26, 2015, $0.049 under the previous week’s price of $2.277 per gallon, and $0.828 below a year ago.

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