Boring Day as Stocks Inch Higher

Anyone watching the market today was more than likely bored to tears.  Today we witnessed a light volume trading session with very little in the way of excitement.  You do get these types of days every now and again, but the key is not to force trades.  A theme of...

Distribution Shakes the Market

Following through on yesterday’s poor action sellers hit the market hard once again today.  End-of-the-month volume pushed the market to a distribution day across the board.  Today’s session knocks us back into neutral mode as this selling pressure continues to...

Stocks Erase Early Losses; Volume Creeps Higher

Coming off a long weekend after the Easter Holiday traders had a chance to digest a very disappointing non-farm payroll figures.  Today’s ISM Non-Manufacturing figure came in as expected, but failed to really wow from an economic standpoint.  Prior to the 10am release...

Stocks Suffer Heavy Losses

Economic data as a whole continues to disappoint, but what took center stage today was the heavy volume selling across the board.  Kicking off the day was big merger news with Kraft and Heinz.  CNBC was very happy to get Warren Buffett on the phone as Berkshire...

Distribution Hits the Market

Volume was higher on the NYSE giving the S&P 500 a day of distribution, but it was below average.  Selling hit the market just after noon eastern and continued throughout the afternoon until the close.  NASDAQ experienced higher volume than yesterday giving it a...