COMMENTARY

Yesterday’s market action should give you some serious pause as the viability of the current uptrend. Volume rose across the board and yet buyers were unable to keep stocks at their highs of the session. The end-of-day action was weak and indicative of the health we...

AAPL wasn’t the worse loser in the NASDAQ, but the stock’s decline helped push stocks lower across the board. Volume wasn’t higher, but price action remains weak and hints at further weakness ahead. News of a new round of tariffs targeting autos was the excuse stocks...

Monday’s session was quiet, but AAPL weighed down the NASDAQ. The Dow and S&P 500 were able to extend the current rally off the lows. Tuesday we will deal with nonstop election coverage from news outlets if you choose to subject your self to it. In addition, pundits...

October was not a kind to stocks especially small cap stocks. The entire market was hit hard by selling. Most who haven’t seen a real correction like 2000 and 2008 thought what we saw in October was devastating. Things can get a lot worse. For those who followed Big...

This market is not as clean as we’d like it to be given we are hitting all-time highs. Things are not all that bad out there, but they could be a lot better. Monday’s action was okay for the most part with indexes rallying off their lows. Volume would not come close...

After last week’s move in stocks the market pulled in on higher volume. It comes to no surprise the day after Labor Day volume would resume normal level. Summers typically feature much lighter volume than you would see the entire year. We still have the NASDAQ and S&P...

Summer time trading is coming to a close quickly here as traders gear up for a long holiday weekend. The NASDAQ led the market higher gaining 1% on the session. Volume was mixed on the session and despite its gains NASDAQ volume fell while NYSE volume rose session...

Monday kicked off the week with new all-time highs with the exception of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow has yet to eclipse its high from the26th of January earlier this year. Volume was about average and higher than Friday’s, but not overwhelming by any...

Small caps led the decline on Monday with the Russell 2000 falling nearly .7%. The Dow shed 125 points along with the S&P 500 losing .4%. Volume was once again below its 50-day average, but higher on the NYSE and lower on the NASDAQ. Summer time trading typically is a...