Stocks Advance as Volume Swells

The lone economic piece of data for the US was Mortgage Applications showing a 7% gain. Economic data will be light for the rest of the week excluding tomorrow initial jobless claims figure. Commodities pushed higher as gold and crude led the way higher. The dollar...

Stocks Advance Again Volume Jumps

Tuesday’s has been very profitable for the market accounting for 70% of gains and today wasn’t any different. Overnight the Nikkei 225 gained more than 3% as the Bank of Japan executes its QE program. If the Federal Reserve were to match the rate at which the BOJ is...

NASDAQ and S&P 500 Extend Friday’s Gains

There wasn’t much fanfare in today’s market without any US economic data. In fact, this week will be quite a bore for those who thrive on economic data. AAPL gained more than two percent as the stock has moved off multi-year lows. BAC vaulted 5% on very strong volume...