Author: Deron Wagner

The Fed, in yesterday’s announcement on economic policy, vowed to keep rates low “for an extended period,” helping stocks score solid gains across the board. The major indices actually rallied ahead of the...

Throughout the first half of yesterday’s session, it looked as though the bears were finally going to have a day in the sun, but the bulls flexed their resilient muscles, enabling stocks to recover and close with mixed...

Stocks gapped higher on the open, sold off to parity shortly thereafter, then flat-lined through the rest of the day. It was a rather uneventful finish to a solid week of gains. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were...

Yesterday was a session of divergence among the major indices, as the Nasdaq cruised to a solid gain, but the Dow spun its wheels. Impressively scoring its ninth consecutive gain, the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.8%, and also closed...

After a day of tight, sideways consolidation, the major indices finished slightly higher yesterday. However, an intraday tug-of-war between the bulls and bears kept traders on their toes, and caused stocks to finish well off...

Stocks followed up the previous day’s breakout with a session of extremely tight, sideways trading that ended with mixed results. The Nasdaq Composite ticked 0.3% higher, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%....

After three days of narrow-ranged, horizontal trading, the major indices gapped sharply higher to close the week at the highest levels since their early February lows. Sparked by a positive reaction to pre-market employment...

The main stock market indexes continued to consolidate in a tight, sideways range for the third straight day yesterday, as a touch of late-day strength enabled stocks to close moderately higher. The Nasdaq Composite and Dow...

The major indices begrudgingly edged higher in the morning, floated back down in the morning, then closed near the flat line. The uneventful session caused both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to finish unchanged, while the...