The market recovered from early selling and fought back to positive territory Thursday, once again showing resilience but not much momentum. The S&P finished up 3 points, or 0.23%. Stocks have so far held the gap up from...
Read MoreThe 4th Quarter 2011 company earnings season has started; we are increasing our fundamental analysis by producing a weekly review of consensus earnings expectations. Reporting dates are not set in stone, so take the dates as...
Read MoreS&P futures are about 9 handles higher Thursday morning hitting 5-month highs after European debt auctions in Italy and Spain gave investors cause for optimism. More US economic data is on tap this morning as well with...
Read MoreThe S&P narrowly climbed back into positive territory in the last hour of trading Wednesday after opening lower this morning. Volume remains light and the market doesn’t seem to have much power, but technically indices...
Read MoreOverseas markets are taking a bit of a breather this morning and US stock futures point to a lower open. The market has been focused on improving US data, surging in spite of a weak Euro. However, this morning there is some...
Read MoreUS stocks held most of their overnight gains Tuesday, with the Nasdaq closing strongest up 0.97%. Technically the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) broke above the mini-consolidation that kicked of 2012, and now investors will be watching...
Read MoreTypically the stock market leads the economy by six months. Could we now be seeing signs in the market that the US economic recovery will pick up steam in the second half of 2012? The market is rallying the face of a weak Euro...
Read MoreI have been a trader for about 14 years and in that time period I have seen many strategies fail because traders only have to have a couple losing trades in a row before they throw out the whole system and go back to trading on...
Read MoreUS stock futures are up more than 1% Tuesday in the absence of a major catalyst. Foreign markets have posted strong gains already today with the Stoxx Europe 600 rising nearly 2% and China’s Shanghai composite up up nearly...
Read MoreDid someone forget to tell the market the Holidays are over? The market rose slightly Monday in a very quiet trading day, with the SPY trading its fewest shares since the first trading day after Christmas. There was no major...
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