Friday Morning Coffee: Jobs Report in Focus

Futures are pushing higher this morning in anticipating a positive jobs report. Yesterday’s action was once again okay as the NASDAQ and S&P 500 closed lower without too much damage. The Dow hit its 7th all-time high in a row. There is nothing bearish about new...

Thursday Morning Brief: Divergence Appears

Yesterday’s trading action was not precisely what you would like to see out of this market. First, it was nice to see support at the morning lows and for the market to shake off sellers. However, internally our portfolios saw a lot of weakness. Small cap stocks...

AAPL Jumps in After-Hours Dow continues Record Streak

It was just another day at the office for this market as we saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average strike another all-time high yesterday. NYSE volume edged slightly higher with NASDAQ lower. AAPL’s jump in after-hours trading will certainly aid the indexes as well as...

Friday Morning Musings: Volatility Ticks Higher

Thursday’s selling was dramatic and hard hitting. The late day rally took the sting out of the selling, but damage had been done. Volatility picked up a bit, but nothing in terms of panic. We have yet to experience in a while a true correction and where the VIX gets...