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Small bumps in the road. Stocks closed mostly mixed and bonds fell yesterday as investors weighed a number of newly emerging risk factors. Stock indices spent most of the session in the red as a steady stream of questionable reports built up into a new wall of worry. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: 1) Talks...

Nothing new. In yesterday’s session, stocks closed mixed to modestly down on a lack of any new stimulants from the Fed or trade negotiations between the US and China. Equities spent the day searching for reasons to resume their recent rise and with very little to go on, they bounced between black...

Stop and stretch. Markets slowed down the pace closing mixed yesterday after a fast paced run towards old resistance levels. Stocks opened higher yesterday on an over-the-weekend Presidential tweet that he was delaying a pending tariff hike due to “substantial” progress but the news was not enough...

Keep on truckin’. Stocks extended their gains once again on Friday on hopes of success in US-China trade talks, as body language and at least one sound bite from the President gave stock investors some more reasons to buy stocks. Equity markets slowly worked their way up through Fridays session and...

Time to pay the fiddler. After ignoring warning signs, stock traders were caught off guard by weak economic numbers causing an orderly selloff in yesterday’s session. A collection of weak economic numbers in the morning session did not cause panic but rather a healthy reassessment of market...

Doves in the house. Yesterday, stocks closed mostly unchanged, but not without a bit of turbulence. The highly anticipated FOMC meeting minutes were released midday which, for the most part, confirmed the market’s view of the dovish Fed.