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Daily State of the Markets Friday Morning – October 2, 2009   One of my absolute favorite Wall Street-isms goes toward the short-term – no, make that A.D.D-like thought process that traders possess. It goes like this: Once is a...

Daily State of the Markets Thursday Morning – October 1, 2009   The last day of the third quarter turned out to be one of mixed emotions. While the bulls could be happy about closing out the best quarter in more than a decade,...

Daily State of the Markets Wednesday Morning – September 30, 2009   At this stage of the game, one could argue that it’s all about confidence. For example, part of the reason traders love to see M&A activity is it...

Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – September 29, 2009   Just about the time the bears looked as if they were ready to get something more than a run-of-the-mill pullback going, a new phase of the bull market may have...

Daily State of the Markets Monday Morning – September 28, 2009   Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as it appears that traders might be losing their appetite for buying the dips. It wasn’t a terribly negative day...

The State of the Markets September 27, 2009   With stocks having encountered three straight days of selling, the question that probably comes to the minds of those sitting heavily on the long side is if this dance to the...

Daily State of the Markets Friday Morning – September 25, 2009   Here we go again. After running higher, this time to the tune of +7.7% in less than three weeks, and then encountering the now-familiar stall pattern, the indices...

Daily State of the Markets Thursday Morning – September 24, 2009   Although the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has the final say in declaring the exact times that recessions begin and end, Ben Bernanke’s FOMC made...

Daily State of the Markets Wednesday Morning – September 23, 2009   After a three-day hiatus, which, by the way, did not include the oft-discussed but rarely sighted downside correction, the indices returned to their winning...

Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – September 22, 2009   While this is clearly just one man’s opinion, I’m of the mind that the bears missed out on a pretty decent opportunity yesterday. In baseball terms, the bear’s...