Stocks Resist Selling Finish near the Highs of the Day

A dose of negative economic news helped embolden sellers during the first half of the trading session. However, sellers would lose their momentum and the market would regain strength pushing well off the lows of the day’s gains. After Friday’s late day plunge the...

Last Half-Hour Sell-Off Trims Day’s Gains

Slightly disappointing economic numbers failed to trip up the market at the open. GDP came in slightly below expectations and jobless claims were disappointing. Volume rose on the NASDAQ by a hair and dropped over on the NYSE. Plenty of stocks are holding up including...

Distribution hits the Market despite Banks moving higher

Void of economic data early morning futures were lower on the back of European stocks and Nikkei futures moving lower. Volume started the day mixed, but gained momentum throughout the session. Even though today’s session was a technically a distribution day we were...
Stocks Finish Higher as Volume Jumps above Average

Stocks Finish Higher as Volume Jumps above Average

Tuesday’s continues to be the day to be long stocks. The Dow is now 20 for 20 since January. This morning’s economic reports pushed stocks higher as the Case-Shiller index and Consumer Confidence indicators beat expectations. An intraday selloff tainted the day’s...