Thursday Morning Brief: Divergence Appears

Yesterday’s trading action was not precisely what you would like to see out of this market. First, it was nice to see support at the morning lows and for the market to shake off sellers. However, internally our portfolios saw a lot of weakness. Small cap stocks...

AAPL Jumps in After-Hours Dow continues Record Streak

It was just another day at the office for this market as we saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average strike another all-time high yesterday. NYSE volume edged slightly higher with NASDAQ lower. AAPL’s jump in after-hours trading will certainly aid the indexes as well as...

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...

Biotech Slumps; Dow up 125 points

Overnight futures were higher coming into the open as hopes over MORE QE spread like wild fire. Existing home sales dropped more than expected leading to questions over the stability of the housing market. Just before noon time Hillary Clinton’s tweet over price...

Afternoon Selling Knocks Stocks off their Highs

A weakier than expected ADP report pushed futures higher prior to the open. Weak data is perceived as a positive as the Federal Reserve is data dependent. Any possibility the Fed pushes out hiking rates will be seen as a positive. DIS shares were lower as the company...