Markets Jump; Volume Mixed

Nice day across the board with solid price gains despite mixed volume.  The NASDAQ enjoyed solid gains with volume higher on the exchange.  NYSE volume ended lower, but typical for a Monday session.  This week is a holiday shortened week with Friday’s Good Friday...

High Beta Stocks Get Pummeled

Early morning selling was the story of the session after last week’s holiday shortened week.  AAPL even appeared to flash crash during the first 30 minutes of the session.  It was clear from the start high beta stocks were targets of sellers and they were not going to...
NASDAQ Suffers Another Distribution Day

NASDAQ Suffers Another Distribution Day

There was certainly a divide in the market today as NASDAQ and Russell 2000 fell hard while the Dow closed in positive territory.  A big beat for the Empire Manufacturing number was a nice surprise, but it did very little to excite market participants coming off the...