Stock Market Strong Start to Jackson Hole WeekStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 19, 2014 – 02:38 PM GMTBy: PhilStockWorldThe S&P 500 rallied at the open and drifted higher to its 0.87% intraday high during the lunch hour. It then traded in a narrow range to its 0.85% close. The popular press attributes the gain to reduced tensions in Ukraine. It […]
Stock Market Ukraine-Triggered Volatility, But a Flat FinishStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 16, 2014 – 04:13 PM GMTBy: PhilStockWorldCourtesy of Doug Short: Today was a busy one for economic updates: the Producer Price Index, Industrial Production and Consumer Sentiment. But the market was primarily focused on the international scene — most notably the conflict in Ukraine. The S&P 500 rose […]
Stock Market Two-Day Rally Ends with a Small LossStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 13, 2014 – 11:49 AM GMTBy: PhilStockWorldA two-day rally in the S&P 500 was snapped today by a small decline. The index opened fractionally lower and spent the next hour struggling at the level of yesterday’s close. It then slowly zigzagged to its -0.45% mid-afternoon intraday low. […]
Stock Market Retail Investors About to Get Fleeced AgainStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 10, 2014 – 06:22 PM GMTBy: PhilStockWorldCourtesy of Pater Tenebrarum, The Acting Man writes: Mistiming the MarketAs a small addendum to our previous post on the market situation, here is a chart recently posted by the “Short Side of Long”. It shows the cash allocation reported by […]
Stock Market Morning Rally to a Tiny Trading RangeStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 15, 2014 – 10:24 AM GMTBy: PhilStockWorldCourtesy of Doug Short. Some earnings optimism triggered a modest market surge at the open, with Citigroup’s beat grabbing the headlines (C would go on to close with a 3% gain for the day). The S&P 500 rose half a percent […]
Stock Market Second Day of SellingStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 09, 2014 – 12:02 PM GMTBy: PhilStockWorldCourtesy of Doug Short.Another day of no economic news coupled with fretting about Q2 earnings took its toll on the market. The S&P 500 opened in the shallow red at its intraday high and sold off to its -0.92% intraday low early in the […]
Stock Market Fractional Gain to Start the WeekStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 17, 2014 – 03:50 PM GMTBy: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short:Against the backdrop of conflict in Iraq, this morning’s economic news was upbeat. The Empire State Manufacturing Index surprised to the upside and the Fed’s much broader Industrial Production series also beat expectations. The S&P 500 […]
Stock Market S&P 500 Ninth Record Close in Eleven SessionsStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 10, 2014 – 12:01 PM GMTBy: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short: With no economic news to distract, the market’s levitation continued, although at a reduced pace. The S&P 500 spent the day in a relatively narrow trading range between its late morning high and […]
Stock Market Rally Now at Day SixStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Apr 23, 2014 – 05:03 AM GMTBy: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short: Asia-Pacific indexes had a mixed day with the Shanghai Composite up 0.44% Nikkei down 0.85%. European indexes fared better — the EURO STOXX 50 rising 1.39%. The S&P 500′s 0.41% gain didn’t match the European […]
Best Stock Market Weekly Gain Since July 2013 Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Apr 18, 2014 – 12:42 PM GMTBy: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short: The pre-market announcement of new jobless claims continues to beat expectations with its four-week moving average now the lowest since early October of 2007, two months before the last recession. Despite the good claims […]
