Slicing through key support levels of their intermediate-term uptrends, stocks technically fell back into correction mode yesterday. After opening several percent lower, the major indices oscillated in a tight, sideways range throughout the rest of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled ... Read more

As anticipated, stocks followed up Tuesday's "churning" with a sharp pullback across the board yesterday. After opening substantially lower, the major indices valiantly attempted to rebound later in the morning, but fell to new intraday lows later in the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Ave ... Read more

After rallying nearly 20% off their lows in just one week, the major indices pulled back substantially yesterday. Stocks opened lower, briefly bounced, then trended lower throughout the rest of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5.1%, the S&P 500 5.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite 5.5%. T ... 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

After opening flat, stocks traded in a relatively tight range throughout the first half of yesterday, exhibited the usual post-Fed volatility and indecision, then finished with mixed results. As widely anticipated, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut interest rates by 50 basis points, sp ... Read more

Finally providing relief to the past week of intense selling pressure, the main stock market indexes rocketed higher yesterday, scoring monstrous gains rivaled only by the historical advance of October 13. Gapping several percent higher on the open, then subsequently erasing those gains by mid-day ... Read more

Stocks meandered through another choppy, range-bound day of trading, oscillating between positive and negative territory throughout the session. After opening lower, late-morning buying interest lifted the major indices to intraday gains of approximately 2%, but a vicious drop minutes before the c ... Read more

It's certainly a sign of the times when investors are relieved when the major indices lose "only" 3% to 4% in one day, but that's undoubtedly how many investors felt going into the weekend. After being "lock limit down" in the pre-market last Friday morning, the S&P 500 and ... Read more

Stocks bobbed and weaved through an extremely whippy session yesterday, as buyers and sellers wrestled for dominance near key support levels in the market. The major indices dropped sharply on the open, reversed to zoom sharply higher later in the morning, plunged to massive losses and new intrad ... Read more

A tug-of-war between the bulls and bears kept traders on their toes yesterday, but the bears grabbed the upper hand by the closing bell. After opening lower, the major indices immediately rallied to test their previous day's highs, declined several percent an hour later, reversed all the way back ... Read more