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Stocks rose on Tuesday as slower-than-expected Retails Sales increased hopes for sooner rate cuts. Without a strong showing from Autos, Retail Sales came in with an anemic print which included a downward revision of the prior month.

Stocks rallied yesterday in celebration of… almost summer? Traders were still trying to make sense of last week’s up-and-down numbers, an FOMC meeting, and thickening storm clouds in the EU.

Stocks inched into a mixed close on Friday as right-swinging Europe exposed old Brexit nerves – is Frexit next? Markets are getting prepared for a summer of wordy FOMC bankers talking their talk right up to a first rate cut.

Stocks had a mixed close yesterday as investors were unsure what a good or a bad economic number looked like. Weekly new jobless claims jumped yesterday in another sign that the labor market is cooling down.

Stocks clawed their way into a mixed close yesterday, spurred by artificially intelligent Apple. Bond yields eased in response to strong demand for the Treasury’s 10-year Note auction.

Stocks gained ground yesterday as investors, in an info vacuum, went for tried-and-true stock. The FOMC begins its 2-day confab today and the deafening silence in today’s session will add to the unwarranted rising anxiety over the future of interest rates.