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Best foot forward. Markets behaved the way they are expected to yesterday responding to a series of strong earnings reports before the bell. The rally was actually sparked on Wednesday as Microsoft and Tesla announced strong earnings after the market closed. The positive sentiment carried the...

No quarter. Markets took no prisoners yesterday as equities continued their recent rout with some indices erasing all of their 2018 gains. Investors have been dealing with the convergence of many pent up fears regarding the economy and the markets, many of which reared their heads yesterday....

Anything goes! Yesterday’s session was not one for those prone to motion sickness as stocks sank early on only to rip (trade up) later in the day and close slightly down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down as much as 549 points after the open but ultimately rallied late in the session with a...

Digging in. In response to massive Chinese government jawboning over the weekend, Chinese equity markets shot up and dazzled like a firework but failed to win over US investors. All except the NASDAQ, which was the only one of the major indexes that managed to post a positive close in yesterday’s...

Back to square one. Last week was not necessarily one for the record books but it was certainly one fraught with lots of extreme movement for very little return. The major equity indices all ended the week roughly unchanged as the Dow Jones managed a small gain on Friday while the other indices...

Stormy weather! “Don’t know why there is no sun up in the sky”… declares the 1933 song and many stock investors in yesterday’s session. The rout in equities can be attributed to a number of stimuli including weak markets in Asia, Mnuchin backing out of the big Saudi Investment conference, interest...