SP 500 And Nasdaq Pullback In A Calm Fashion On Lower Volume, While The DJIA And IBD Indexes Continue To Rally; Where Is The Volume And Where Are The New Leading Stocks?
December 7, 2007 | 5 Comments
Overall, it was a pretty choppy and inconsistent day on Friday, but it was still a good day when we take it and consider that we continue to hold well in the face of all the bad news from the subprime area of the economy.
Stocks Close Near Their LOD But Lack Of Volume Indicates There Is Still No Distribution Since The 11/28 Follow-Through; IBD 100 And 85-85 Finish In The Green
December 3, 2007 | 4 Comments
Stock indexes started the day off in a nice steady slow trend higher. But around 1PM on the east coast, stocks decided to put in their highs and subsequently sold off the rest of the trading session closing near their lows. I saw some talking heads indicate that we have seen the top and saw others say that they were more bearish than at any other time since 2000. However, RIGHT NOW, I don’t see it, because I follow the general trend of the market and right now the trend is up.
Stocks Finally Provide The Confirmation To The March 21st Follow-Through; Nasdaq Leads Market Higher, On Higher Volume
April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Possible good news out of Iran over the release of the 15 hostages, oil prices falling 2% to $64.64 as the result of the possible release, positive foreign market gains in Europe and Asia, and positive news from the housing market was just what the market needed, as stocks gapped higher, held the gains, and rallied into the close to close near their HOD. Read more
Stock Indexes Follow-Through On Day Six Of Rally Attempt; Something Seems Wrong About This Follow-Through
March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Stocks were boring and dead all day long, until 2:15pm when the Fed announced their decision on interest rates. When that happened, stocks exploded to the upside, destroying shorts in the process. The party was not started based on the decision, as everyone expected rates to stay at 5.25%. The fireworks erupted because the Fed left out the hawkish comments and adopted a more neutral rate policy. That sparked non-stop buying on strong volume, into the close.
A Choppy Day With A Downside Bias Ends With Stocks Slightly Lower; Quadruple Witching = Quadruple Boring
March 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It was a weird sluggish session, today, but in the end it was another typical quadruple-witching Friday. However, there was plenty of data for Wall Street to go through, despite this once a month event. The CPI rose a little over .4%, a bit higher than the .3% estimate. But the core prices came in line rising .2% for a year over year change of 2.7%. Industrial production jumped 1% in February, over the readings for a .3% increase and its largest increase since November. Michigan consumer confidence fell (are you surprised there?) to 88.8. Add the fact that oil fell below $58 and might have thought it would have been a more exciting day. Nope. Quadruple-witching ruled the day. Read more
Indexes All Finish In The Red But Still Finish Well Off The Lows; Leading, Tech, And Small-Cap Stocks Lead This Week
February 24, 2007 | 2 Comments
Stocks finally decided to take a break, across the board, as stocks meandered in the red all day, closing off the lows. However, a slight change of character was the fact that there was no last hour rally. That is probably due to most traders starting the weekend early as an exhaustive holiday shortened week comes to an end. There was no doubt that with no economic news of significance today that digesting this week’s gains was a good thing. Read more
Stock Indexes Erase Early Morning Losses, Rallying Into The Close, Closing Near Their Highs Of The Day
February 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Stocks fought off morning weakness, caused by a revenue warning from MSFT, and rallied the rest of the day to close flat and near the highs of the day. This bit of news from MSFT particularly hit the Nassy the hardest as MSFT represents 6% of this index. The strength in the indexes in the face of the selling in MSFT shares can only be seen as impressive. Many traders expected much worse, considering that the news came on top of a report showing Housing starts falling 14%. Read more
DJIA, DJTA, DJUA, NYSE, And SP-400 Hit All-Time Highs; The Giant Wall-Of-Worry Proves Easy To Climb, For Stocks
February 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Today stocks showed, ONCE AGAIN, why shorting a market that is in a long-term uptrend is an unprofitable and low reward/high risk proposition. All it took today was positive comments from Mr. Bernanke about the economy to ignite a very powerful rally that helped five key indexes hit all-time highs and another one hit six and a half year highs. In front of the Senate Banking Committee, Mr. Bernanke stated, “…the view that the current stance of policy is likely to foster sustainable economic growth and a gradual ebbing of core inflation.” Those words right there ignited the rally that we saw today. Read more
Major Stock Market Indexes Rise Across The Boards, With Leading Stocks Leading; Afternoon Selloff May Be A Tip-Off Of Impending Trend Change
February 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Stocks started the day off on the right foot, thanks to a good earnings report from CSCO and fantastic news that US productivity grew 3% in the most recent quarter. However, those steady gains were completely wiped out on the DJIA and the SP 500 in the afternoon. And even though the indexes clawed back to close green, that action was a bit troublesome. There was no news or reason for the selling. Some blamed oil, but the Nasdaq fell more on a percent basis and if oil was the reason the NYSE and SP 500 would have fallen by a larger percentage. Read more
Stocks End Mixed On Lower Volume, As A Big Merger Rumor Helps Lift Stocks Off Their Lows.
January 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Stocks started the day off very strong but soon started selling off, after strong durable goods orders, strong new-home sales, and bond yields ticking higher sent signals to traders that the Fed would not be cutting rates any time soon. Thankfully, a rumor of Bank of America and Countrywide Financial merging and more positive earnings helped lift stocks well off their lows. Read more
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