10/10/2014 Daily Market Commentary—Looking at what the drop in crude oil does...
Equity markets gave back all of their post Fed minute gains on Thursday as short term volatility continued to soar. We saw considerable moves in all of the major averages once again after opening the...
View Article10/13/2014 Daily Market Commentary—Where are inflation expectations headed?
Stocks ended the day lower once again on Friday as the major averages succumbed to late day selling pressure heading into the weekend. The brunt of the selling was felt in the technology sector as...
View Article10/14/2014 Daily Market Commentary—Some technical observations about short...
Monday’s trading patterns exhibited similar characteristics to Friday’s in that the market attempted a bounce early on which ran into resistance. The bounce early on was attributed to some favorable...
View Article10/16/2014 Daily Market Commentary—Thoughts about central bank policy around...
There has been quite a bit of discussion about the return of volatility for quite some time now, but the intraday moves we experienced yesterday were reminiscent of what we experienced in 2011 and...
View Article10/17/2014 Daily Market Commentary
After an incredible two day stretch of volatility and liquidity traps markets closed mostly flat on Thursday. That certainly didn’t mean there wasn’t a fair share of drama in the markets throughout the...
View Article10/20/2014 Daily Market Commentary—Slowing domestic economic data into the...
Although the S&P 500 and other major equity indices recorded a strong rally on Friday, the benchmarks still ended the week by posting their fourth consecutive weekly loss. It turned out to be one...
View Article10/23/2014 Daily Market Commentary — Earnings season provides support to...
Equity markets finished Wednesday’s trading modestly lower after an extremely strong start to the week. Earnings data continued to come in better than expected, which resulted in a modestly stronger...
View Article10/27/2014 Daily Market Commentary — What new home sales are saying about the...
On Friday we saw the major averages turn in yet another positive performance as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite posted their largest weekly gains in over a year. The story was more of the same for...
View Article10/28/2014 Daily Market Commentary — Checking in on trends in Rail Traffic
The new week started out on a mixed note as the major averages trended sideways for the entirety of the trading session. There was a fairly heavy amount of data released to start the news week....
View Article11/04/2014 Daily Market Commentary — Why Friday’s announcement from Japan has...
Stocks had a mediocre start to the new week and month following a strong close to the second half of October. The major averages shrugged off weaker than anticipated manufacturing data in Europe to...
View Article11/05/2014 Daily Market Commentary — ISM Manufacturing report for October and...
Markets continue to make the October correction a distant memory as the major equity averages finished mostly higher on Wednesday. With the European Central Bank announcing its next decision on policy...
View Article11/07/2014 Daily Market Commentary — Looking at investor sentiment
European equities soared and the Euro collapsed to multi-year lows yesterday morning in the wake of the European Central Bank rate announcement and Mario Draghi’s press conference on monetary policy....
View Article11/09/2014 Daily Market Commentary — A long term analysis of the labor market...
Domestic equities finished out a busy week of economic data on a rather quiet note as investors digested the long term implications of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report. The report, which showed that...
View Article11/11/2014 Daily Market Commentary — A closer look at wage growth
Stocks resumed their march higher to begin the new trading week after taking a breather on the back of the employment report on Friday. The major averages marched to new all-time highs on Monday on no...
View Article11/14/2014 Daily Market Commentary — The NFIB Small Business Report
Stocks edged higher on Thursday in a moderately volatile trading session highlighted by a better than expected earnings announcement from Wal-Mart to unofficially end earnings season. The intraday...
View Article11/17/2014 Daily Market Commentary — Final Earnings Season Statistics
Stocks finished mostly unchanged on Friday to close out a mixed and extremely choppy week of trading. Premarket futures opened the day near flat after international data showed that growth stagnated in...
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