Friends The ADP private sector payroll number came in just about as expected as 182,000 jobs were added in October. Consensus for the non-farm payroll number that comes out Friday is 190,000 new jobs as measured by the government. A good number could go a long way in...

Friends The new month continued on a positive note as stocks rallied for the second day in a row. We did come off the highs a bit by the close, nevertheless the bulls have had their way in the early days of November. For the second day in a row oil stocks led the way...

Friends As we were wrapping up trading for the month of October last Friday, stocks had a strange close-falling some 90 Dow points seemingly in just minutes. It didn’t do a whole lot of damage to the month because the bulls had already seen to it that October was a...