COMMENTARY

After Tuesday’s solid session traders followed up the day with a quieter day with volume coming in lower across the board. Not a bad way to follow up big gains, but it was also nice to see Small Cap stocks inch out gains while the NASDAQ and S&P 500 took a breather....

We continue to see Small Cap Stocks lag the broader market as the NASDAQ and S&P 500 continue to push higher. Small Caps are typically seen as a risk-on trade. Traders and investors alike are not flooding to the group as we would like to see for a bull market....

Thursday’s price action wouldn’t be too bad hadn’t we gapped up at the open and sold off the remainder of the day. Small Cap stocks led the decline and closed below its 200 day moving average. Not what you want to see from the index as it continues to lag the broader...

Monday’s trading session was quiet as many Monday’s tend to be. Financials were the worst performing sector in the S&P 500. Bank earnings have come in a bit better than expected, but a flat yield curve is not inspiring a lot of confidence in the group. On the flip...

A solid day of gains for the market as Small Cap stocks lead the entire market higher during Wednesday’s session. Lagging behind was the Dow Jones Industrial average as it was only able to sneak out a 6 point gain. Volume was mixed on the exchanges with NYSE volume...

Score another big win with Big Cap Tech as the NASDAQ 100 led the market with the best gains across the major indexes. Volume was lower across the board, but it was AAPL along with AMZN pushing the index higher. BA helped keep the Dow in negative territory as the...

Optimism over a Chinese trade deal helped boost stocks at the open. Small Cap stocks initially led, but eventually would be overtaken by the NASDAQ 100. Traders and investors continue to pump money into the NASDAQ 100 as the index remains the leader. We are still...

A decent start to the second quarter as the general market gained more than 1% on the session. Volume came in lower when compared with Friday’s inflated end-of-the-month rebalancing. This is expected behavior from the market. Crude oil has been on a tear this year now...

Volume was up across the board as stocks fell across the board. Led by the NASDAQ Composite index the major market indexes finished lower on the session albeit off the lows. We did not see the Russell 2000 lead the market lower, but the index did shave off 39bps and...

After Friday’s big sell-off traders returned on Monday jittery and worried about economic factors. Headlines focused on the Mueller report while we are focused on price action. Small cap stocks are our focus as they have been struggling and now the Russell 2000 sits...