State of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending April 19th, 2015 (AnotherĀ Great Week For the Bulls 04-19-2015) Bulls headed into Friday’s session thinking that we might just close out the week with the Dow and the S&P 500 hitting all-time highs, but that was not to be the case. Global issues had suddenly…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending April 12th, 2015 (AnotherĀ Great Week For the Bulls 04-12-2015) It was a pretty good week for the bulls. There were plenty of worries about earnings, the Fed, interest rates, the strong dollar and first-quarter GDP, but the stock market managed to close out the week…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending AprilĀ 5th, 2015 (Friday Showed Modest Gains 04-05-2015) There was optimism and pessimism ahead of the government jobs number on Friday, but the number was not that great. In fact, it was pretty bad. Expectations were for 248,000 new jobs in March, so the paltry 126,000…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending March 28th, 2015 (Friday Showed Modest Gains 03-28-2015) Bulls were pleased to see the stock market close out Friday to the upside, even though Friday’s gains were quite modest and subdued. A win is still a win, though, and bulls were quite happy that Friday’s…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending March 22nd, 2015 (Nasdaq Hits New 15 Year High 03-22-2015) Bulls were hoping for a strong finish to the week, and Friday’s session did not disappoint. The Nasdaq led the charge higher as it hit a new 15-year high, and is now within striking range…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending March 14th, 2015 (Jobs, Jobs, Jobs 03-14-2015) The stock market is in a very tough spot right now. We saw a weak January, a strong February, and while March is down, the month is still up for grabs in terms of performance. It looked as…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending March 8th, 2015 (Jobs, Jobs, Jobs 03-08-2015) Wait a minute. The bulls were looking for a strong jobs report in order to validate February’s big run up in equity prices, and that was exactly what we got. Friday’s government jobs report showed that an impressive…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending March 1st, 2015 (This February Was One to RememberĀ 03-01-2015) January closed out with monthly losses for the major indices, and with the old adage, “As January Goes…,” the thought was that February would prove just as challenging. After all, there was the Greek Crisis, tensions…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending February 21st, 2015 (Stock Market Impresses the Pessimists 02-21-2015) It was one of those weeks where a lot of things could have gone wrong, but somehow, some way, many of the “wild cards” remained calm and cool, and nothing actually went wrong. The big positive…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending February 14th, 2015 (Market Rife With Political Intrigue and Global Tensions 02-14-2015) First of all, a very Happy Presidentās Day weekend to all. It has been a volatile, up-and-down year so far, and the bullish camp was celebrating in a big way on Friday as…
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