Author: Deron Wagner

In keeping with the tradition of broad market strength ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, most of the major indices notched a round of modest gains in Wednesday’s session. After grinding higher throughout the lethargic...

Resuming the intraday weakness of the previous day’s session, stocks sold off through the first forty-five minutes of yesterday’s trading, but the broad market subsequently stabilized and drifted higher throughout...

Stocks launched the holiday-shortened week with a round of solid gains across the board yesterday, but a complete lack of intraday momentum dominated the session. The broad market jumped higher out of the starting gate, then...

Backed by the volatility of monthly options expiration day, the major indices closed modestly lower last Friday, capping a week of mixed results for the major indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%, the S&P...

Like the previous day, moderate morning weakness was followed by equally subdued afternoon buying interest. However, this time the major indices were unable to recover back into positive territory. The S&P and Dow held up...

Shaking off early weakness following the previous day’s breakout to new highs, stocks recovered to close with mixed results yesterday. The major indices chopped around in negative territory throughout the morning session,...

Breaking out of their short-term trading ranges that began last week, the major indices leapt to an impressive round of gains yesterday. This time, higher volume even accompanied the move. Stocks opened with substantial gains,...

Recovering most of their previous day’s losses, the major indices logged a round of solid gains last Friday. Stocks trended higher throughout the morning session, surrendered some of the advance in the afternoon, then...

The deliberation patterns in the main stock market indexes followed through to the downside yesterday, as stocks sustained substantial losses across the board. Throughout yesterday morning, stocks chopped around in a...