Friends All eyes and ears were focused on Fed Chair Janet Yellen's sometimes contentious testimony before the Senate Banking Committee this morning (she wasn't letting anyone put words in her mouth), as market participants were trying to determine just when the Fed...
Friends Stocks began the day in negative territory as the excitement over a short term Greek solution that developed late in Friday's trading wore off quickly with the realization that the can had only been kicked down the road, and the inevitable only delayed. As the...
Friends Finally, something to get excited about this week. Stocks had been lingering in negative territory for most of the trading session until word out of the Eurozone that a Greek deal was imminent. Basically, they have been given a four month extension, and will...
Friends Stocks continue to tread water near the S&P 2100 level as neither the bulls nor the bears seem to be able to get anything going this week. Other than constant rumors concerning Greece (most turn out to be false), traders are searching for the next...
Friends As we finish up the first half of February and head into a much welcomed three day weekend, we find the market averages dancing near or at all-time highs. After the mess that was January for stocks, the first half of February has been very tasty indeed. Never...
Friends Another solid day of gains for the bulls, as stocks climbed despite the somewhat uninspiring economic news. Both the retail sales number and the weekly jobless claims number were disappointing, but traders seemed intent on adding to positions as the market...
Friends Stocks drifted aimlessly for most of the trading session, which was unique in that it did not include the wild volatility that we have seen since 2015 began. Traders seemed mostly uninterested as there was no real market moving type news to actually act upon....
Friends Stocks rallied today on some decent corporate earnings reports and a positive JOLTS report (improved job openings), as the bulls attempt to get February back on track. Volatility was light as the market averages spent most of the session at higher levels,...
Friends Stocks opened trading for the week in negative territory and spent the entire session drifting further into the red. Traders seemed to be focused on Greece (it seems like we have been focusing on Greece, on and off, for about a decade now), and not even the...
Friends Stocks were meandering along in positive territory for most of the trading session buoyed by a really good employment report that was released before trading began, until word that Greece's creditors are demanding that Greece must apply for a bailout extension...
Friends Stocks looked poised to post a nice gain in the Dow and a modest gain in the S&P 500 as we approached the close of trading, but about 15 minutes before the close, word from the ECB that there is no assurance that the Greece debt situation will be resolved...
Friends Now, that's what I call a follow through. Emboldened by a spike in oil prices and a more reasonable stance by Greek officials with regards to their debt problem, traders were in the buying mood today right from the opening bell. Stocks jumped to early triple...
Friends Well, February started out pretty much how January ended, only with a happier ending, at least for today. Yes, volatility continues as the Dow sported both a triple digit gain and triple digit loss throughout the trading session. By the close, the bulls found...
Friends Well, why should today be any different? Yes, once again, on this final trading day of January, volatility was the name of the game. The 4th quarter GDP number came in a bit light at 2.6% (remember, the market was looking for 3.2%), but on the whole economic...
Friends The buzz word for 2015 has been volatility, and today was no different. After waffling back and forth from negative to positive territory in early trading, the bulls decided to step up to the plate and drove stocks higher as the afternoon wore on. What...
