Dark and Early

Market opens lower to begin the new week. The Federal government shutdown is now the longest in American history. Concerns are building now that this shutdown might last longer than anyone thought prior. The White…

Market opened flattish, but turned mildly red to begin the new week. Last Friday’s explosive gains are holding in. 91% of volume were advancers, which hadn’t happened in a while. There was a much bigger…

Market opens in the green on this last day of 2018. It’s been a rocky one. What started out as a powerful run, with a 5% gain in January ended with the bottom falling out…

Market opens lower again on this Christmas Eve. This relentless selling continues. The illiquidity of the holiday season is certainly playing a role as well as normal tax selling, but this has been no normal…

Market opens flattish but turned lower quickly after an ugly week which has investors concerned, confused and in many cases, trapped. The futures last night were substantially lower, but most of the losses were erased…

Market opens sharply higher to start the new week. It has its work cut out for it to erase last week’s losses and the overall carnage since September. Global growth is slowing and equity volatility…

Market opens lower to start the new week. It’s Veterans Day. The Bond Market is closed. It’s many of the same pressures that are weighing the Market down. We woke up this morning hearing that…

Market opens flattish to begin the new week. After months of bittering and divisive campaigning, the midterm elections are just one day away. Sanctions were put back on Iran at midnight, which intend to cripple…

Market opens higher to begin a new week in the wake of an explosive move in China overnight. The Shanghai Composite was up 4%, leading Asian equities. Global markets were largely in the green overnight.…

Market opened in the red to begin a new week after a completely brutal go last week. It was the worst for stocks since March. Friday brought some reprieve to the harsh selling, which ended…

Market opens higher to begin October. NAFTA 2.0 has been reached as the US and Canada carved out a deal last night. Trade wars seem to be finding resolution, one deal at a time. President…

Market opens lower to begin the final week of September. It has been far stronger than normal and stronger than most would have imagined considering all of the political and geopolitical issues ongoing. But that…