Author: Deron Wagner

Building on the bounce off last week’s lows, the major indices scored another solid round of gains yesterday, but repressed volume levels indicated a lack of convincing enthusiasm. Stocks gapped higher on the open, then...

Stocks gapped down to open near their prior day’s lows, reversed to probe above the previous day’s highs, then drifted back down in the afternoon. The Nasdaq Composite was unchanged, as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones...

Recovering most of their losses of the past two days, stocks snapped back from near-term oversold conditions yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 3.9%, the S&P 500 4.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite 4.8%. The...

Bearish momentum from the May 6 plunge caused stocks to suffer another round of broad-based losses last Friday, though the major indices held well above their intraday lows of the previous day. The main stock market indexes...

Averting massive destruction, the major indices bounced back from disastrous intraday losses of approximately 10%, but stocks still finished sharply lower. Both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average swooned 3.2%,...

Continuing the bearish momentum that has recently started gripping the markets, stocks suffered another round of losses across the board yesterday, but a touch of intraday buying interest enabled the broad market to pare its...

A whippy, volatile week ended on a negative note, as stocks plunged across the board last Friday. The major indices opened nearly flat, but quickly settled into a steady intraday downtrend that persisted to the closing bell. The...

Keeping traders on their toes, stocks raced back to near their recent highs yesterday, enabling the major indices to recover a majority of their April 27 losses. The broad market gapped higher on the open, built on its gains as...