Crude Oil Crashes; Dow Leads Decline

What a day for Crude Oil as the front month expired Monday prices closed at $-37.63 a barrel. Stocks followed suit closing lower in light trade. Small Cap and Nasdaq stocks faired the best, but still closed lower by more than a percentage point. Tuesday morning...

Futures Indicate a Positive Open; Impeachment in Focus

With the first phase of a trade deal out of the way and the last FOMC meeting of the year pundits turn to the impeachment vote. Whether it has much of an impact to the stock market remains to be seen. Friday’s market had small caps the big losers on the session while...

Stocks Roughed Up; Fed to Expand Balance Sheet

Despite news the Federal Reserve was going to expand its balance sheet stocks finished near the lows of the session. IWM led the major market ETFs lower finishing the day down 1.63%. Volume picked up across the board from Monday’s session. Headline risk remains a real...

Small Cap Stocks Lead Decline

It is now the same old story. Price weakness continues and stocks simply cannot get out of their own way. Manufacturing declined for the first time in a long time. This sparked fears regarding a recession. Mind you we have not seen a recession in a decade. A reset...

Distribution Strikes on Friday; Global Fears Remain

Friday’s price action was not ideal as volume jumped as losses grew. The NASDAQ 100 led the decline as measured by QQQ. For once, the decline was not led by IWM. Volume was higher across the board as institutions continue to sell stocks. We continue to have a choppy...