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Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – August 24, 2010   Alan Greenspan once referred to the action in the bond market as a conundrum. I won’t bore you with the details, but in June 2005, the then-Chairman of the...

Daily State of the Markets Monday Morning – August 23, 2010   The big question facing investors these days is if the global economy in general and the U.S. economy in particular is merely seeing a “soft patch” right...

Daily State of the Markets Friday Morning – August 20, 2010   The impetus behind Thursday’s sudden reversal of fortunes was easily identifiable (for a change) as the report from the Philly Fed was nothing short of a...

Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – August 17, 2010   Although there were several pieces of economic data from around the globe to review, some new M&A activity, an improvement in the charge-off numbers at the...

Daily State of the Markets Monday Morning – August 16, 2010   For much of Friday’s session, stocks held up pretty well. Up until approximately 2:15 pm eastern, it felt like the market had stabilized after a rather volatile...

Daily State of the Markets Friday Morning – August 13, 2010   Another day, another batch of punk economic data – this seems to sum up the mood at the corner of Broad and Wall these days. And while we can easily argue that...

Daily State of the Markets Thursday Morning – August 12, 2010   At times, the stock market displays the attention span of an 8-year old boy afflicted with A.D.D. For example, no sooner had traders finished applauding Ben...

Daily State of the Markets Wednesday Morning – August 11, 2010   Although there were a handful of important inputs to Tuesday’s trading such as China’s Trade report, Wholesale Inventory levels, the Small Business...

Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – August 10, 2010   Although stocks finished up nicely on Monday and the indices did their darndest to try and break on through to the other side of the near-term resistance that...