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It was about time we saw the market close lower on heavy volume. At one point the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 155 points. The market was clearly focused in on Ben Bernanke’s testimony and prepared comments then it would turn its attention to the release of the Fed’s meeting minutes. Hints [...]
Void of economic releases the market did get showered with more than $3 billion in asset purchases from the Federal Reserve. A hiccup in the morning was quickly support as the Federal Reserve Open Market Operations flooded the market with fresh new cash. Over Europe the DAX closed in the green for the 11th straight [...]
Heading into the week the US market once again watched the Nikkei continue to move further into the stratosphere. Futures were pretty anemic heading into the trading session today. Overnight news focused on the plunge in precious metals as Silver and Gold were hit hard. Despite the negative open and sentiment both precious metals were [...]
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NASDAQ Captures its 50 Day as Volume Rises ahead of the FOMC
Another good day for the markets as leading stocks continued to see breakouts. Volume rose on the day, but remained below its 50 day volume average. The market was able to ignore poor housing starts while building permits picked up more than expected. European markets closed higher calming fears over economic collapse in the Eurozone. [...]