Volume Kicks Up; Stocks End Mixed

by | Nov 13, 2014

Small cap stocks were the winners of the day followed by the NASDAQ.  For the first time in over a week the S&P 500 closed in the red.  The same goes for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  Both indexes were able to escape a day of distribution with support at the...

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...