Market Analysis

December 12, 2007 The markets opened up strongly with major indexes up as much as 2.5% on average. The Dow even was up one point over 270 points, practically erasing all of the previous day’s losses. However, after the day wore on, investors seemed to be more content with taking profits and looking upon

December 11, 2007 It honestly should not have had to come to this point. A few weeks ago, no one was even expecting a cut by the Fed, and then when the Fed decides to give us a little hint as to what they intend to do, investors take an obvious .25 point cut and

December 10, 2007 With the Fed meeting tomorrow and announcing their decision at 2:15 we are certain to see an extreme price reaction across the board once the decision is made. Tomorrow is the kind of day you want to have stop losses in place, in case the price action goes against your holdings. The

December 6, 2007 North American stock markets rose for the second day on the White House plan to help troubled homeowners. Investors bet that his would raise consumer confidence and stave off a slump in consumer spending. That sentiment lifted stocks Thursday, along with the anticipation about Friday’s big monthly jobs report. Investors also eyed

November 30, 2007 The day started off as if Bernanke comments might propel the market another 2-3%. However, after the strong start enthusiasm waned, and the market finished the day trading in a sideways fashion with the NASDAQ being the only major index to finish in the red. Next week will be interesting to see

November 29, 2007 Compared to other days, this was the equivalent of baseball’s changeup. Stocks were quite content as a whole, to stay unchanged for most of the day. On a positive note for the bulls, the market did not give back any of the gains it earned in the previous day. Bernanke spoke after

November 28, 2007 As if the market couldn’t get more unpredictable, we have a day like today. Bulls are ecstatic and Bears are covering in masses. To say the least, no one saw today coming. The market gapped up very strongly from the start and unlike the usual tendency for the indexes to close the

November 27, 2007   The market opened up strongly and after a few attempts by the bears to sell-off the rally, the bulls regained control to close out the day with each of the major indexes finishing up roughly 1.5% each. Those shorting the market will simply state that this was nothing more then a

November 26, 2007 Hopefully, Friday’s post-Thanksgiving rally didn’t get you excited about the week to follow. We are usually good for one of those rallies each Thanksgiving, and while three trading days leading up to Thanksgiving were painful for market participants, Friday’s action helped provide some temporary relief. Investors became optimistic heading into the open

November 21, 2007: Continuing the theme of recent weeks, the market close yesterday gave bulls some hope that the market would work its holiday magic. However, when it came to whether this Thanksgiving would be “Feast” or “Famine”, the latter was chosen by investors and what we saw today was nothing more then a repeat