AAPL Exposed to Selling; Beige Book Fails to Inspire

AAPL Exposed to Selling; Beige Book Fails to Inspire

Small Caps and the NASDAQ 100 led the market lower today after solid gains yesterday.  The news regarding the Celebrity Nude scandal finally go to AAPL as traders were using the excuse as the stock sold off in heavy volume.  Volume on the NYSE ran lower on the...

Small Caps Rally; NASDAQ Volume Explodes

The stock market welcomed back traders with a dull day, but big time volume.  On the bright side we did have the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 pushed higher.  Institutions were back from summer vacation in a big way as volume jumped well over Friday’s level.  Aside from the...

Big Wave Trading Portfolio Update

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. All of our models are under BUY conditions and our portfolio remains fully invested with a very tiny hedge that was added on Friday due to the short and intermediate term overbought conditions. If the rally continues,...

GDP Blows Past Estimates; Stocks Pullback in Light Trade

The big story to start the session was the big upward revision of the second quarter GDP.  Expectations were for the second quarter to have grown at 3.9% annualized rate, but revisions were well past that at 4.2%.  The revision was great news for the economy, right? ...
S&P 500 Inches Higher as Volume on Exchanges Drop

S&P 500 Inches Higher as Volume on Exchanges Drop

A late afternoon selling hiccup just before the final hour was just about all the excitement for the day.  Early morning selling kicked us off and it too found support, but with volume so low it really cannot be chalked up to institutions rushing in to support...