Author: Polly Dampier, Naturus.com

The S&P 500 cash index (SPX) closed at 1283.35 on Friday, down 9.89 points, for a net weekly loss of about 0.76%. The holiday-shortened week, earning season plus option expiration increased the fluctuations in last...

The S&P 500 cash index (SPX) closed at 1271.50 on Friday, off a bit from the Thursday high but up 15.13 points or about 1.1% weekly net gain. For the first trading week of 2011 the bulls won the battle and SPX advanced for...

Happy New Year everyone. Here is my market preview for the first week of 2011. The S&P 500 cash index (SPX) closed at 1257.64 on Friday, up 0.87 points for the week; the final tally for the year 2010 shows a gain of about...

Yesterday the market moved up on hope and holiday cheer, but unfortunately it couldn’t hold the gain at the end. Today it is probable the market will try again. ES is forming a rising wedge pattern on daily chart. ES will...

The S&P 500 cash index (SPX) closed at 1243.91 on Friday for the first time at an annual high level. It was up 3.42 points for the week, about 0.27%.    The stock market remained in holiday season and equities...

The market was boosted by a drop in U.S. jobless claims reported in the morning yesterday and a brighter profit forecast from FedEx. Holiday season high spirits resumed and sent the ES higher for the close. Today is triple witch...

The Fed’s decision on interest rates and the continuation of the $600 billion stimulus plan were widely expected and already priced into the market. So most traders now re-focus on option expiration Friday and the...

The S&P 500 cash index (SPX) closed at 1240.49 on Friday for a net weekly gain of 15.78 points, up about 1.29%.    The SPX closed the week on a very strong note. Basically it went up for the most of the day on...

Today the closing price is very important for next week. A close above 1228 indicates the uptrend remains intact, and a higher high move should be expected to continue until this year ends. But if the closing price is below...