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By Josh Hayes on April 7, 2007
Stocks started the morning off with a gap lower on the back of a currency tightening measures in China. But after the gap lower, stocks steadily climbed higher on very quiet trade for the rest of the day. That reversal off the gap lower was caused by the Labor Department announcing that jobless claims this [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged 1q, closing bell, dcx, djia, jobless claims, kirk kerkorian, labor department, merger and acquisition, software ag, sp 500, webm, year 1 |
By Josh Hayes on April 6, 2007
Stocks started the morning off with a gap lower on the back of a currency tightening measures in China. But after the gap lower, stocks steadily climbed higher on very quiet trade for the rest of the day. That reversal off the gap lower was caused by the Labor Department announcing that jobless claims this [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged 1q, closing bell, dcx, djia, jobless claims, kirk kerkorian, labor department, merger and acquisition, software ag, sp 500, webm, year 1 |
By Josh Hayes on April 1, 2007
Another wild-yet-boring intraday session came to an end, with stocks going nowhere. The lack of action today is a bit of a surprise, considering all the news items we had to digest. First, we got off to a positive start and continued higher early on, on the back of a bunch of macro news. The [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged bush administration, closing bell, comfort zone, commerce department, core inflation, djia, economic sanction, economic sanctions, NYSE, personal consumption, personal income, purchasing managers index, sp 500 |
By Josh Hayes on April 1, 2007
Another wild-yet-boring intraday session came to an end, with stocks going nowhere. The lack of action today is a bit of a surprise, considering all the news items we had to digest. First, we got off to a positive start and continued higher early on, on the back of a bunch of macro news. The [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged bush administration, closing bell, comfort zone, commerce department, core inflation, djia, economic sanction, economic sanctions, NYSE, personal consumption, personal income, purchasing managers index, sp 500 |
By Josh Hayes on March 29, 2007
A bullish Q4 GDP final revision higher to 2.5% from 2.2%, along with jobless claims falling for the fourth week in a row, helped start stocks off on a very bullish foot before the opening bell. But soon after the opening bell, stocks trended lower all day until a strong late afternoon rally sent stocks [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged closing bell, hod, jobless claims, lows, narrow margin, NYSE, sp 500 |
By Josh Hayes on March 29, 2007
Stocks turned tail Wednesday and for the second day in a row dip-buyers did not show up as stocks moved lower, with an intraday roller-coaster ride mid-day after a speech by Ben to a Congressional panel, closing near the lows of the day. Things got off to a bad start, after the February durable good [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged capital goods, closing bell, divergence, djia, health service, industry group, lod, lows, mid day, Nasdaq, NYSE, pullback, sp 500, vix |
By Josh Hayes on March 9, 2007
My girlfriends parents arrived on Maui, today, so I spent all day with the family. Therefore, I was not around at all after the closing bell. However, I have reviewed my charts and can honestly say that nothing has changed. The gap up this morning and steady drift all day gave way to a selloff [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged 2pm, bounce, closing bell, gap, longs, lows, maui, parents, staying power, stocks, third day |
By Josh Hayes on March 6, 2007
Stocks staged an extremely strong rally, off the back of an overnight rally in Asia and Europe. But the big log-jam higher came during comments by Ben arguing for more regulation over the mortgage giants FNM and FRE. Stocks were pulling back slightly ahead of those comments. However, that being a reason for the rally [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged asia and europe, big boys, bottoms, breadth, closing bell, djia, downside, fasteners, fnm, log jam, NYSE, relative strength, short squeeze, sp 500, stock exchanges |
By Josh Hayes on January 30, 2007
As is usual on a day where the Fed meets to decide interest rates, stock pretty much did nothing. However, the overall trend of the market is up and stocks followed the path of least resistance, closing green across the board. Even a gigantic jump in oil could not stop the market from throwing up [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged breadth, closing bell, commodity, consumer confidence index, day like today, djia, great news, liberal media, Nasdaq, NYSE, nytimes, path of least resistance, sideline, sp 500, usa today |
By Josh Hayes on January 27, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged bank of america, bias, breadth, chat rooms, closing bell, collapse, countrywide financial, djia, dma, fireworks, indexes, intraday, lows, Nasdaq, negativity, NYSE, sp 500 |
