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Crazy Train! Yesterday’s trading day was not quite as off-the-rails wild as Ozzy Osborne’s crazy train, but it was nonetheless quite a ride for some, especially if you were a technology stock. Technology continued its selloff yesterday pulling the tech-heavy NASDAQ down -0.9%. Though it closed well...

Schooled. The first bell of the school year rang yesterday for many across the US marking an end to the summer holiday. Similarly momentum along with emerging market stocks were woken up by alarms yesterday as they hit a soft patch. Yesterday’s session began with many traders awaiting tech giants...

Temperature rising! The temperature is not the only thing rising as domestic manufacturing picked up adding to the already sizzling US economy. This according to the ISM manufacturing PMI that was released yesterday. The index came in at 61.3 up from last month's 58.1, with economists expecting...

Beat the heat! Traders, perhaps bogged down by late Summer heat (or beach traffic), were unable to prop up markets on the the last trading day of August. Stocks started Friday’s session still reeling from the Thursday Presidential pronouncement of more tariffs on China. In fact, that was just one...

Stop, drop, and roll. Equity markets spent the better part of yesterday’s session trying to claw their way out of early session deficits but any hopes of a solid close were dashed by a Presidential Tweet. Trump announced a plan to add an additional 10% tariff on $200 billion in Chinese exports...

Up, up and away! Stocks rose again in yesterday’s session after receiving positive economic news and the potential for a Canadian trade deal. In fact, stock traders were really looking for excuses to buy yesterday as momentum and animal spirits were the real drivers in the positive move. If you...