The Market Ends Higher in Anticipation of Earnings

After-hours trading shows earnings disappointment, but the market still is in a healthy uptrend Earnings were the main story today aside from further talk about Quantitative Easing and the Foreclosure crisis.  Citigroup (C) lead off the string of earnings as the...

Bank and Education Stocks Weigh on Stocks

The market side steps a distribution day consolidating recent gains. New banking fears helped push stocks lower, but a late afternoon buying spree lifted stocks off the lows of the session.  Today’s consolidation was not out of the ordinary considering the move in...

Traders Push Stocks Higher in Higher Volume

The market responds positively to the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes The story of the day was the Federal Reserve meeting minutes and the action in the early going highlighted the importance of the minutes.  Stocks fell in early trading after a lower than...

Columbus Day brings Light Volume

Stocks close flat as holiday trading leaves volume on the light side Holiday trading dominated today’s market with volume coming in very light as stocks closed flat.  Much of the talk on the street surrounded another round of QE by the Federal Reserve Bank.  The...