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Baby, it’s cold! Temperatures were way down across much of the US but stocks continued to go up with Fed winds still in the sails and continued good earnings releases. Stocks spent yesterday in the black closing near their session highs on more good feelings fueled by earnings and tweets.

Can you feel the doves tonight? Investors loved what they heard from the Federal Reserve who over-delivered in their policy statement and Chairman Powell’s speech. Oh yeah, and earnings were pretty good from Monday afternoon and in the pre-market. Stocks spent the entire day in the black before...

They earned it. Earnings helped buoy stocks in a low volume session that ended in a mixed close for equity indices in yesterday’s session. A slew of positive earnings releases before the bell prevented stocks from slipping further on the heels of a tough session on Monday. More hope was in the air...

Steam rolled. Investors were steam rolled in equities as heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar missed earnings and gave weak guidance before yesterday’s bell flattening any hopes of a positive day. To compound the risk off mood, chip manufacturer Nvidia provided negative guidance, warning...

Love is in the air. Stocks surged once again on Friday as new hopes (there is that word again) were ignited by the President and Jerome Powell. On the 35th day of the longest government shutdown in history, investors were still largely ignoring shutdown risks as equities posted a positive week for...

Chipping away. Markets closed mixed yesterday after having an emotional morning. Yesterday’s session started out with solid earnings but for an interview with White House Economic Advisor Wilbur Ross in which he said that a Chinese - US deal was “miles and miles away”. Markets didn’t like that, as...

Stayin’ Alive! Markets managed to hang on and pull out of a midday dive and close in the black, largely propelled by earnings. Washington DC seems to be doing everything possible to keep the equity markets at bay with no resolution to the shutdown in sight, mixed messages about a Chinese trade...