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Up and down. And everything in between. Equity markets posted gains early in yesterday’s session led by beleaguered tech shares only to give up gains later in the day. With very little in the way of economic or earnings releases markets were, once again, subject to the overall negative sentiment...

800 Pound Apple. Stocks staged significant pullback yesterday on bad news. Apple had never quite regained its footing since it provided less-than-glowing forward guidance in its earnings release 2 weeks ago. In a nutshell, Apple warned that they expected the upcoming holiday season to be softer...

Ups and Downs. Markets relented some of their gains on Friday as renewed fears of global trade and interest rates overtook Wednesday’s euphoria. Despite the drops, equities still posted a positive week. With the midterm elections out of the way (well mostly) and one of the three major unknowns off...

Take a breather. Markets took a day of rest yesterday to contemplate Wednesday’s spring and wait for the Federal Reserve’s uneventful release. Equity markets closed mixed around breakeven while crude oil continued its slip and bonds traded off. With very little in the way of stimulus yesterday,...

Wall Street Approves, For now, at least. After the largely expected election results were out, in which the Dems retook the house and GOP retained control over the Senate, traders elected to buy buy buy sending equity markets straight up. The S&P 500 closed right around its high of session, well...

Good to know. Markets rose yesterday in anticipation of the US midterm elections being over in a low volume day. Do you hear that? It is a sigh of relief because now we know. We know for certain what the pollsters have been predicting for many months. The Democrats have regained control of the...