Stocks feebly attempted to rebound from Tuesday's nasty decline, causing the major indices to finish modestly in positive territory yesterday. The broad market opened slightly higher, then chopped around in a sideways range throughout the rest of the day. Just after mid-day, stocks briefly dipped ... Read more

The Nasdaq Composite's move above its 50-day moving average last Thursday sparked another wave of buying that enabled the major indices to finish the week with solid gains. After opening slightly higher last Friday morning, the main stock market indexes cruised steadily higher throughout the day b ... Read more

Maintaining its recent pattern of erratic and whippy trading, the stock market surrendered a substantial portion of the previous day's gains. After gapping down on the open, the major indices built on their losses throughout the morning, briefly attempted to rally in the early afternoon, then drif ... Read more

Reversing the previous day's precipitous drop in a surprisingly convincing fashion, stocks roared back to life yesterday. Throughout the first half of the day, the major indices chopped around in the lower half of the prior day's trading ranges, nearly falling into negative territory just before m ... Read more

A tug-of-war between the bulls and bears led to an erratic, indecisive session of trading yesterday. By the closing bell, the bulls slightly claimed the upper hand, as most of the major indices finished modestly higher, and just above the middle of their intraday ranges. The Nasdaq Composite gaine ... Read more

Bearish momentum from last week's losses spilled into the new week, causing the main stock market indexes to move sharply lower and break below key support of their 50-day moving averages. After trending steadily south throughout the entire day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 1.5% lower ... Read more

It was a wild day on Wall Street yesterday, as the main stock market indexes swung in a massive intraday range of 11% before posting some of their best gains of the year. After a brief morning rally attempt failed, stocks began drifting lower at mid-day, then nosedived after most of the major indi ... Read more

Giving back a substantial chunk of last Friday's gains, stocks got off to an uninspiring start to the week. Bullish momentum from the previous day's strong close caused the major indices to open substantially higher, but traders quickly sold into strength of the initial gains. Stocks subsequently ... Read more

Stocks concluded a bearish week on a positive note last Friday, as the major indices gapped higher on the open, then bobbed and weaved in a sideways range throughout the trading session. Both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 2.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite rallied 2.4%. The s ... Read more

Ignoring the swift sell-off into the previous day's close, the major indices opened several percent higher, then traded in a relatively narrow, sideways range throughout the entire day. The S&P 500 gained 2.6%, the Nasdaq Composite 2.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2.1%. Small and mid ... Read more