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Merrily we roll along. Stocks floated up on a quiet day led by technology where even bad economic data can’t contain the good feelings. The session started off with some weak economic data but surging tech shares dragged equities higher with all the major indexes closing near their highs.

Jobs aplenty! Investors remain bullish as strong employment numbers underwhelm, making for a volatile day with a mixed close. Stocks rallied on stronger than expected employment numbers only to give up gains late in the day despite a positive Presidential tweet on China talks.

Baby, it’s cold! Temperatures were way down across much of the US but stocks continued to go up with Fed winds still in the sails and continued good earnings releases. Stocks spent yesterday in the black closing near their session highs on more good feelings fueled by earnings and tweets.

Can you feel the doves tonight? Investors loved what they heard from the Federal Reserve who over-delivered in their policy statement and Chairman Powell’s speech. Oh yeah, and earnings were pretty good from Monday afternoon and in the pre-market. Stocks spent the entire day in the black before...

They earned it. Earnings helped buoy stocks in a low volume session that ended in a mixed close for equity indices in yesterday’s session. A slew of positive earnings releases before the bell prevented stocks from slipping further on the heels of a tough session on Monday. More hope was in the air...

Steam rolled. Investors were steam rolled in equities as heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar missed earnings and gave weak guidance before yesterday’s bell flattening any hopes of a positive day. To compound the risk off mood, chip manufacturer Nvidia provided negative guidance, warning...