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Happiness is. Stocks rallied on Friday as investors could not contain their inner optimists. Many are hopeful that an end to the national lockdown is near and that promising results from a Remdesivir trial might hold the key to beating the pandemic.

Back in action. Stocks were all over the map yesterday as investors weighed bad economic data against hopes that someday, soon things will start up again for business. Yesterday’s economic data painted a dreary picture, but most investors were prepared for the worst.

Here comes the flood. Stocks sold off yesterday in response to a collection of bad economic data. There was little, if any positive news to hold onto yesterday prompting a broad selloff in stocks.

Party like it’s 2019. Stocks rallied sharply yesterday on news that the spread of the virus may be slowing. Good virus news outweighed bad economic data and traders jumped into the growth stocks that topped the charts in the past several years… and then some.

Aftershock. Stocks struggled to continue last week’s rally, giving up ground ahead of earnings season. The energy sector gave mixed reviews to the OPEC+ production cut, which though historic, may not be deep enough to meet shrinking demand.

Reckoning? Stocks rallied last Thursday after the Fed announced another round of epic support. The positive news overshadowed a report that 6.05 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the prior week.