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

Stocks capped a very strong month with a lackluster session of trading last Friday. After chopping around in a tight, sideways range throughout the entire day, the major indices closed near the flat line and with mixed results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2%, the S&P 500 eked o ... Read more

The stock market continued its impressive winning streak yesterday, as the major indices scored another round of solid gains. Stocks gapped higher on the open, oscillated in a narrow range throughout most of the day, then made a final push higher in the last hour of trading. Registering its ninth ... Read more

I’ve mentioned this before and it bears repeating again. With so many ETFs now available to trade, you should apply an order of preference when many are signaling at the same time. In historical back testing of short term reversal behavior, the order of those ETFs likely to reverse is as fo ... Read more

Yesterday's session was relatively uneventful, as the major indices traded in a tight range throughout the entire day before finishing modestly higher. Stocks attempted to stage a rally just after mid-day, but buying enthusiasm quickly dried up, causing the broad market to drift back down in the ... Read more

After opening near the flat line, the major indices initially attempted to follow through on yesterday's bullish momentum, but stocks turned tail at mid-day, thereafter heading south throughout the afternoon. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back about two-thirds of the previo ... Read more

The major indices see-sawed between positive and negative territory through another choppy, indecisive session yesterday. Like the previous day, buying and selling pressure was roughly in parity, but this time the bulls had the slight edge into the close. The S&P 500 bounced from a 0.9% intrad ... Read more

The main stock market indexes gapped approximately 1% lower on the open, but stocks shook off early weakness to finish near the flat line and with mixed results. The S&P 500 advanced 0.3%, the Nasdaq eked out a gain of 0.1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3%. The small-cap Russ ... Read more