Stocks slumped in relatively calm trading today as market participants continue to be a bit tentative given the tensions with Iran. Buyers did appear throughout the trading session, periodically keeping the damage contained, but there was not much conviction from the...

Friends Wait a minute, stocks were supposed to be down pretty big today given the tensions with Iran that seemed to escalate over the weekend. Indeed, stocks did open down this morning to the tune of a few hundred Dow points or so, but as the trading session wore on,...

Friends As traders like to say – risk happens fast. The elimination of a terrorist Iranian General overnight by the U.S. sent stock futures tumbling, and at the open of trading this morning stocks basically gave back all of yesterday’s gains. Some “dip” buyers did...

Friends 2020 got off to a nice start for the bulls today, though not all stocks participated. Small Cap shares struggled and the equal weighted S&P 500 was only up slightly, but nevertheless, Apple and other large cap tech names helped propel the market averages...