March 19, 2024

$50 is the new $5….

The Market: As expected, volatility continues and $50 point swings are becoming as common as $5 point swings use to be.  We expect volatility to remain high but would not be surprised to see the magnitude of the swing start to temper. Today was important because after two straight days of gap ups that sold off into the close, today managed to hold and extend on the gap after an intraday pullback.  As we noted in Monday’s write-up,  the market is very short-term oversold and we would expect a bounce so today’s action is not surprising but we will be…

Daily Wrap

DJIA +18.89 (+0.14%) to 13,507.32; S&P 500 -1.37 (-0.09%) to 1,470.68; NASDAQ -8.14 (-0.26%) to 3,117.50 Technically it was a mixed day but who really cares about the Dow?  Today started and finished lower on the S&P but otherwise was very tight ranged spanning less than 6 points from low to high.  Ben Bernanke spoke just after the close but so far it seems to not have any effect as the futures are up less than 1 point after the close as I am typing. Today’s major stock of the day and has often been my stock of the day…