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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...

Don’t stop the music. Stocks shrugged off Friday’s yield curve revelations yesterday as markets rallied in response to well… nothing really. Equity markets, in a mean reversion move, traded higher as seller exhaustion gave way to speculative buying.

Stuck in the mud. Stocks closed mixed yesterday as investors were unsure about what to make of an inverted yield curve and an anticlimactic end to the Mueller report. Stocks seesawed around the breakeven mark finding old resistance as investors lacked the willpower to break free.

Upside downside. On Friday, stocks sold off as Eurozone manufacturing slumped and the US Treasury yield curve inverted sparking recession fears. The market received a double dose of bad medicine on Friday causing equity traders indigestion while bonds rallied.

Rerun. Stocks surged yesterday in a move reminiscent of the days of easy money with tech leading the way and financials pulling up the rear. Investors chose to view Wednesday’s fed statement as “half full” reversing the negative sentiment that drove equities down late in Wednesday's session.

U Turn Complete. After a Trump comment and a very dovish Fed, markets took investors on a wild ride yesterday ultimately closing mixed to mostly down. Yesterday’s session was jam-packed with emotional twists and turns as traders were trying to figure out if bad is good or bad is bad.