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This week three out of the four key US equity indexes posted modest gains after several weeks of declines that digested the rally off the February lows. The tech laden NASDQ 100 after good performance …
This week’s Market Outlook commentary is brief but the video is full of details.
With 3 of the 4 major equity indexes touching down on their 50-day moving averages, this week’s video reveals some interesting long term charts suggesting trends …
Q1 2016 earnings season will likely conclude the first streak of 4 consecutive quarters of year over year declining growth since Q3 2009.
The reason such an ugly sounding statistic isn’t driving the market lower is because it’s not a …
Last week the Fed held a two day FOMC meeting, and earnings season was in full swing, but the biggest market moving news came out of Japan.
The BoJ’s decision not to provide the markets with another “fix” of QE …
US Equities Markets floated mostly upward with the exception of the NASDQ whose bubble got popped by bad earnings from Microsoft, Facebook, and Google. It ended the week down -1.5 % and lags the S&P 500 this year by 5%.…
US Equity markets returned to the party, and headed back to the bar to get another tasty beverage. Key indexes closed up over 1 % for the week. The S&P 500 made new YTD highs and is now up 2% …
US Equity markets retreated this week to the tune of about 1 % across all indexes. It was the first weekly decline in all key indexes since mid-February. The rally has stalled out in the same area that it closed …
US Equity Markets ended the month with big gains (+ 6 %) and made new YTD highs early this before getting a bit of indigestion. It then took a few days off this to get some needed rest before resuming …
US Equity markets dodged the horrible news of the deadly terrorist attacks in Belgium and the clear intention of ISIS to obtain nuclear material this week and closed slightly down to basically flat. Considering that any bad news could have …
Equity markets continued its relentless advance with the S&P 500 (SPY) and the Dow industrials (DIA) closing fractionally positive for the first time this year. Bringing up the rear, the NASDQ 100 and the Russell 2000 are still down about …
What Does The S&P 500's Tightest Range In 50 Years Mean For Stocks and Your Portfolio?
February 22, 2026
