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Brushing off the previous day's weakness, the major indices cruised to another round of fresh 2009 closing highs yesterday, though the rally lacked the punch of higher volume. After opening near the flat line, stocks trended higher in the morning session, then drifted in a sideways range throughou ... Read more

With textbook precision, the 50-day moving averages of the major indices "did their thing" yesterday, sparking a solid rally off that closely-watched level of support. After a brief wave of selling in the first hour of trading, stocks reversed to trend higher throughout the rest of the session. Th ... Read more

Stocks concluded the last day of the third quarter in indecisive fashion, as the major indices whipsawed in both directions. Although it opened near the flat line, the S&P 500 plunged to a 1.3% loss within the first thirty minutes of trading. But rather than building on that bearish momentum, the ... Read more

Following through on the previous afternoon's late-day slide, the major indices suffered a second consecutive day of substantial losses across the board. Stocks opened slightly higher, but the bears quickly took control, setting in motion a downtrend that persisted throughout the morning session. ... Read more

Commodity ETFs trade differently than equity ETFs. We've said this from the beginning. When you look at their historical results, they underperform equity ETFs when trading in a reversion to the mean style. Read this article. It's about what just happened with DXO. You don't need this added e ... Read more

Struggling to find direction, stocks bobbed and weaved in a tight, sideways range throughout yesterday's session. A modest boost in the final hour of trading lifted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to matching gains of 0.3%, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% lower. Both the small-ca ... Read more

Registering their third straight session of losses last Friday, stocks finally took a breather last week. The major indices began the day slightly lower, then trended south throughout the morning, but an afternoon recovery off the lows enabled the broad market to trim the day's losses. The Dow Jon ... Read more

Gapping down to open near Monday's lows, stocks got off to a scary start yesterday morning. However, the bulls immediately took control, reversing early losses and enabling the major indices to advance for the second straight day. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, an ... Read more

After opening near the flat line, stocks headed south throughout the morning session, at one point undercutting support of their previous day's lows. As we've frequently seen in recent weeks, the major indices reversed course in the afternoon, but this time the market was unable to finish in the p ... Read more

Appearing to blow off the weakness in the latter half of last week, stocks rallied to close above last week's highs, but lighter volume failed to confirm the bullish price action. The major indices opened near the previous day's highs, oscillated in an indecisive range throughout the first half of ... Read more