Author: Deron Wagner

Jumping higher after the open, then reversing into negative territory shortly thereafter, stocks got off to a whippy, volatile start yesterday morning. However, price action stabilized in the afternoon, enabling the major...

Stocks opened moderately higher yesterday morning, then meandered in a sideways range throughout the day. Closing near the middle of its past week’s trading range, the S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite and Dow...

Much like the previous day’s action, the major indices engaged in a lot of “huffing and puffing” throughout the day, but ultimately finished last Friday’s session near the flat line. Stocks rallied in the...

If only looking at closing prices, without observing the actual trading session, one could be forgiven for thinking yesterday was a relatively uneventful day. However, it was far from it. Stocks gapped higher on the open, then...

Pressured by an overnight jump in the U.S. dollar, stocks opened moderately lower yesterday morning. However, the major indices quickly stabilized, then merely drifted sideways to slightly lower throughout the rest of the day....

After chopping around in a range throughout most of the day, near the flat line, stocks caught a bid in the final hour of trading, enabling the major indices to close solidly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.0%,...

Fully recovering their previous day’s losses and then some, stocks followed the opposite pattern of last Friday’s action. The major indices gapped lower on the open, then reversed to trend steadily higher throughout...

After trending steadily higher for weeks, with nary a significant loss along the way, stocks finally ran into a bit of selling pressure last Friday. Several of the major indices gapped to new 52-week highs on the open, but...

Failing to immediately follow through on the previous afternoon’s weakness, the major indices meandered through yesterday’s listless session before finishing with mixed results. Stocks opened flat, then chopped...

After gapping higher on the open, stocks continued building on their initial gains through the first half of the day. By early afternoon, the major indices were trading nearly 1% higher, but selling pressure in the final ninety...