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Anticipation. Yesterday, stocks oozed upward in a late session comeback on reports of positive progress in US - China trade talks. No real economic or company news combined with more positive, but still sketchy, trade talk was enough for equity markets to fall back to their default positive outlook.

Eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. Stocks rambled through yesterday’s low volume session giving traders a chance to contemplate their hidden fears of missing out on a potential rally. Signs that more and more investors are coming around to the reality that even though the economy may be...

Not so fast. Fear of a recession seemed like a thing of the past in yesterday’s session as stocks surged in response to Chinese and US manufacturing data. Just days after the treasury yield curve inverted, investors pivoted from fear to greed as the economy showed signs of slow but positive...

Keep it running. Stocks rose on Friday ending their best quarter since 1998. The inverted front end of the yield curve turned slightly positive and upbeat news from US trade delegates in China spurred the markets forward.

No growth no problem. Investors largely ignored weak economic numbers in yesterday’s session as they bought stocks on hopes of further stimulus. Stocks went briefly into the red but ultimately climbed into positive territory, a move that was most likely helped by end of quarter portfolio dressing.

That gnawing sensation. Stock traders try to find optimism but just can’t shake that hidden fear that something bad may lie ahead as equities closed out yesterday’s session slightly down. Equities started yesterday’s session in a solid risk-off mode and later recovered some losses ultimately losing...