Yellen Disappoints Traders; Stocks Lower

The market wanted something out of Yellen it did not get. All the morning gains were gone by the end of the session as Yellen never took a rate hike in March off the table. Even with slim odds of a rate hike in March the market definitely needed to hear Yellen was not...
European Stocks Continue Slide as US Stock Rally Fails

European Stocks Continue Slide as US Stock Rally Fails

The slide continues for European stocks as the standoff over the Ukraine conflict.  At the US market open US stocks shrugged off European weakness.  Volume wasn’t overwhelming on the upside as we pushed higher.  Just before 11am EDT was when sellers began to hit the...

Stocks Runaway from All-Time Highs; NASDAQ ends Lower

Today’s session started out as a decent day on the street ended in a sour mood. Pundits are blaming a timely quote from Icahn expressing his concern over the market and a possibility of a near-term correction. At this point, who hasn’t said this? Volume ended the day...

Stocks close in the Red; Volume ends Mixed

Continuing with the summer trade the market closed lower lead by the Russell 2000. The NASDAQ posted back to back losses while the S&P 500 losing streak extended to 3 days. We did see a nice rally off the lows, but as soon as the rally began volume was sucked out...