Friends Well, more of the same. Stocks were very quiet today, but with a slightly positive temperament. As we have seen for weeks now, the S&P 500 barely moves, the Dow inches to new highs every day and the Nasdaq goes up one day and down the next. Global events,...

Friends The jobs number was better than expected with a hefty 209,000 new jobs created in July. The unemployment rate sits at 4.3%, while average hourly earnings ticked up .3% to a year over year gain of 2.5%. Remember, the Fed will be watching that average hourly...

Friends It was another quiet day for stocks and the results were somewhat mixed with a slightly negative bias. Tesla has good earnings but its strong showing still wasn't enough to push the Nasdaq into positive territory. Consumer staples led by Clorox had a good day,...

Friends It was a strange day for stocks. Apple had great earnings after the close yesterday, so we knew going into trading this morning that its shares were going higher, and because it is one of the 30 stocks in the Dow, that the Dow was likely to be higher at the...

Friends It wasn't anything too fancy, but the stock market began August about how it ended July. Stocks continue to move higher in a quiet and deliberate way. Though many feel stocks are overvalued, good earnings and a decent economy continue to be the fuel to push to...