Volume Slides as Indexes Close with Small Gains

by | Nov 12, 2014

Today’s session was relatively quiet in terms of the volatility we have seen over the past 30 days.  Recently, we have seen overall volatility decrease where we are not seeing wild intrday swings or big gaps at the start of the session.  Lower volume across the...

Another Trading Session and More All-Time Highs

by | Nov 11, 2014

Stocks hit more all-time highs as the Dow and S&P 500 have made it a habit to do so every day.  Leading session gains was the NASDAQ followed by the Russell 2000.  Volume was light on the session, but is in-line with a typical Monday volume wise.  It appears the...

S&P 500 Hits Another All-Time High

by | Nov 6, 2014 | 2 comments

Today was just another day and a new all-time high for the S&P 500.  Volume on the exchanges ended lower across the board.  An interesting tidbit was SPY volume was actually higher on the session.  Today’s session certainly puts this market in extreme overbought...

Utilities Hit New High; NASDAQ Finishes Flat

by | Nov 5, 2014

Initially, the market liked the GOP victory last night as stocks jumped higher at the open.  It was green across the board until sellers began to attack high beta names pushing the NASDAQ lower.  It appears money managers are favoring “safe” stocks as...

Stocks End lower ahead of Mid-Term Election Results

by | Nov 5, 2014

Early morning strength was met with selling, but an afternoon rally stemmed the selling.  Volume on the exchanges was mixed with NYSE volume higher and NASDAQ lower.  While the S&P 500 was technically a day of distribution we are not going to put much weight...