COMMENTARY

After Friday’s stellar gains after the November jobs report was released it appeared the market was ready to rocket higher. Last Wednesday and Thursday’s action was not ideal looking very suspect. We certainly preached some caution, but did not bail like many we saw...

The ECB and Janet Yellen could not sway buyers into the market as another distribution day hits the market ahead of the November jobs report. Selling did not intensify until the afternoon as volume jumped on the NYSE. The NASDAQ volume did not eclipse yesterday’s...

Janet Yellen’s rhetoric all but points to a rate hike in two weeks at the next Federal Reserve meeting. Today’s Beige Book revealed moderate growth in the economy and the Federal Reserve believes it has hit its employment mandate. Sellers took to the market once...

Disappointing economic data would not derail the market from pushing higher. Led by the S&P 500’s 1.07% gain the market enjoyed gains across the board. Lagging behind the major indexes were small cap stocks as they continue to lag well behind the major market...

We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. November closed out with selling after disappointing economic news hit newswires this morning. Most notably, the Chicago PMI fell to 48.7 (contraction) with expectations of the index at 54.0. Volume was up across the board as...

Welcome to a holiday shortened week with a half day on Friday capping the week. The market was met with disappointing economic data as all releases missed their expectations. Buyers pushed the market higher, but were unable to sustain the higher prices. Volume was...

Small cap stocks continue to fall back further away from its large cap brethren. Volume was decidedly lower than yesterday’s level. It is always nice to get the market to take a breather after such a move like yesterday. Wednesday’s action was certainly the...