By Josh Hayes on April 10, 2007
Stock investors returned from a long three-day Easter weekend to a very inactive market. Even though trading was pretty wild, choppy and volatile today, the market still traded in a very narrow range and basically did not move from Thursday’s close.
Posted in default category | Tagged big boys, bni, djia, easter weekend, economist, final hour, moving average, NYSE, private equity, s market, sp 500, stock investors, unemployment rate, warren buffet |
By Josh Hayes on March 10, 2007
Stocks gapped higher off a mixed jobs report. Total jobs for the month came in at the lowest level in two years but the unemployment data dipped to 4.5% from 4.6% and last months numbers were revised up continuing a recent pattern, possibly giving market players a bit of buying power. The gap higher then [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged breadth, bulls and bears, dead cat bounce, djia, dmrc, final hour, gap, lows, Nasdaq, nassy, NYSE, sp 500 |
By Josh Hayes on March 5, 2007
Stock market indexes took traders on a wild and crazy wild, on Monday, as stocks gapped lower due to fears out of Asia, the subprime mortgage market, and other various reasons. By the middle of the day stocks managed to make it to the green but were then slammed in the final hour on heavy [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged breadth, carnage, djia, downside, final hour, lod, mortgage industry, pullback, right reason, sp 500 |
By Josh Hayes on March 2, 2007
Stocks started off the day with a nasty replay of the action on Tuesday. However, stocks found support shortly after and managed to rally to a respectable close, helping rescue trapped longs. Early weakness caused by a selloff in Asian and European markets (China down 2.8%) and inflation worries quickly sent stocks for a loop. [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged bear market, djia, downside, final hour, longs, lows, nassy, NYSE, personal consumption, sixth day, sp 500, target |
By Josh Hayes on December 19, 2006
The market started the day with a nasty gap down on two possible news stories. A big jump (largest since 1974) in Producer Prices for November and a scare over a possible new Asian-market meltdown put a lot of pressure on the indexes. However, bulls remain extremely strong in the face of selling and rallied [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged asian market, breadth, djia, dma, final hour, gap, indexes, lows, Nasdaq, NYSE, pay attention, scare, sp 500, t pay |
By Josh Hayes on December 13, 2006
A gap open in the morning, thanks to some Airline merger news and strong retail sales, soon gave way to some quick selling that took the indexes slightly to the red. After those early morning lows stocks danced around the flat-line area until the final hour when they caught a small bid and managed to [...]
Posted in default category | Tagged breadth, djia, final hour, gap, Nasdaq, NYSE, periodicals, retail sales, semiconductor index, sp 500 |
