State of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending August 9th, 2015 (Dow Continues Worst Streak in Four Years 08-09-2015) The stock market fell on Friday, as a solid jobs report left open the possibility of a Federal Reserve rate hike next month. The Dow fell 46, or 0.3%, to 17,373. The Dow declined…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending August 2nd, 2015 (The Strange Year in Stocks Continues 08-02-2015) It has been a strange month for the stock market to say the least. It has been a strange year as well, and looking back to January 2nd, the S&P 500 was at 2,058. We have zigged…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending July 26th, 2015 (Push and Pull in Big-cap Tech 07-26-2015) It was a strange week for the stock market in which we saw Apple (AAPL) fall early in the week on sub-par numbers, but then we saw Amazon (AMZN) rocket higher to close out the…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending July 19th, 2015 (Economy “Googling” its Way Toward Growth 07-19-2015) With Greece subsiding as the big worry of the week, investors gave a big cheer as the Nasdaq hit a fresh, all-time high. Powering the rise was none other than Google (GOOG), whose shares rose…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending July 12th, 2015 (Thrills and Chills Rattle Bulls and Bears 07-12-2015) It was a week of thrills and chills, with enough drama to rattle bulls and bears alike. The 3-plus hour closure of NYSE trading on Wednesday suggested that we might have seen another “Flash Crash”…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending July 5th, 2015 (Bulls Wanted a Happy 4th of July Weekend 07-05-2015) As we headed into the long Fourth of July Weekend, bulls were hoping for a strong Thursday performance that would have sent us into the weekend with fireworks to the upside, but that…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending June 28th, 2015 (Mixed Batch for Major Indices 06-28-2015) There was good news and bad news throughout the day on Friday, and when the dust finally settled, we had a mixed batch for the major indices. The S&P 500 was essentially flat, the Dow was…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending June 21st, 2015 (Greece is Still “the word” 06-21-2015) Friday was a “quadruple witching” day, when multiple options and futures contracts expired, and it may have played into the lackluster and nervous performance for the stock market. Worries about Greece were also front and center,…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending June 14th, 2015 (Greece is Still “the word” 06-14-2015) It was a roller-coaster sort of week, and Friday’s fade and weak close was a big disappointment. To quote the 1970s movie with John Travolta, Greece is still “the word,” and news of a breakdown in…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending June 7th, 2015 (“Good-news, Bad-news” Kind of Week 06-07-2015) It was one of those “good-news, bad-news” kind of weeks, as the stock market finished Friday and the week essentially flat and mixed. The “good news” was the jobs report, which showed 280,000 new jobs. That…
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