Daily Wrap
DJIA +138.46 (+0.92%) to 15,254.03;S&P 500 +9.68 (+0.59%) to 1,640.42;NASDAQ +9.03 (+0.30%) to 2,990.79 The S&P 500 started the morning higher but spent the majority of the midday in negative territory before turning positive around 2pm EST and rallying into the close. The Nasdaq had roughly the same pattern but the Dow was able to remain positive the entire day due to the strong moves by Merck (MRK) and also Intel (INTC). In economic news, ISM came in light with a 49 reading which was below estimates and also the lowest reading in roughly 4 years. The aforementioned MRK was up today on positive news regarding…
Daily Wrap
DJIA -5.07 (-0.03%) to 14,968.89; S&P 500 +3.09 (+0.19%) to 1,617.51; NASDAQ +10.77 (+0.37%) to 2,955.36 Yawn, for the most part a boring day as the market essentially consolidated after Friday’s gap higher with the Dow closing slightly negative while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slightly positive.. There was no major economic news for the day and frankly the week in general is relatively light. Some fed speak and Unemployment Claims Thursday but relatively light. To try and put into perspective the day, the entire range of the S&P 500 Index was roughly 5.5 points. Merger Monday was again back and in affect with BMC Software…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +130.63 (+0.89%) to 14,831.58; S&P 500 +14.89 (+0.94%) to 1,597.59; NASDAQ +37.79 (+1.32%) to 2,911.14 Today was another one of those small gap and run days where the market drifted higher the entire day. There is not much else to say except it seems as though the market was happy to rally on today’s better than expected Unemployment Claims but the focus will quickly flip to the Non-Farm Employment Change numbers. I have estimates at 155K and remember last report came in at 88K. In economic news today, Unemployment Claims came in at their lowest levels in over 5 years and well below analysts expectations. …
Week in Review
DJIA -0.08 (0.00%) to 14,865.06; S&P 500 -4.52 (-0.28%) to 1,588.85; NASDAQ -2.59 (-0.09%) to 2,856.48 Friday started with a small gap down that wasn’t greeted with the usual snap up buying and this helped lay the ground work for an early morning swoon taking the S&P 500 down over 10 points from Thursday’s close. Right around 11am EST the S&P bottomed and for the remainder of the day was able to grind higher leaving a relatively small loss for the day (the Dow nearly closed positive). This type of action is not uncommon at stretched levels as well as when there is…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +62.90 (+0.42%) to 14,865.14; S&P 500 +5.64 (+0.36%) to 1,593.37; NASDAQ -0.14 (0.00%) to 2,859.07 A brief trip down for the day eventually became a moderate up day for the S&P 500 after having been on a tear. Helping the cause was an Unemployment claims number which came in much better than expected at 346K when I had expectations around 362K. While the highs of the day were made before noon EST, the remainder of the day’s action in the S&P seemed only like a consolidation and factoring in the strength of the recent rally and being at all time highs, I…
Week in Review
DJIA +53.68 (+0.39%) to 13,649.70; S&P 500 +5.04 (+0.34%) to 1,485.98; NASDAQ -1.29 (-0.04%) to 3,134.71 Week economic data couldn’t put a damper on the S&P 500 which added onto Thursday’s decent gains. The Nasdaq wasn’t able to join in on the party but had Apple Computers (AAPL), Intel (INTC) and Facebook (FB) as well as other weighing it down. We did have good economic data announced but not in the U.S., China reported GDP growth f 7.9% in Q4 which helped take the full year growth to 7.8% which outpaced consensus analyst expectations (7.7%) and the government’s expectations (7.5%)….
Week in Review
DJIA +43.85 (+0.33%) to 13,435.21; S&P 500 +7.10 (+0.49%) to 1,466.47; NASDAQ +1.09 (+0.04%) to 3,101.66 Hopefully slow and steady will win the race when it comes to the Jobs market. Adding another 155K non-farm jobs was just a tick above analysts expectations and the revised Unemployment rate for November to 7.8% held into December. The market started the morning somewhat choppy while seemingly digest the morning’s economic data and then started a near uninterrupted climb closing near highs of the day. Supervalu (SVU) gapped higher and closed up over 13.5% on a Wall Street Journal report that private equity firm Cerberus Capital is close…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +166.03 (+1.28%) to 13,104.14; S&P 500 +23.76 (+1.69%) to 1,426.19; NASDAQ +59.20 (+2.00%) to 3,019.51 Today started with a gap lower that only lasted the first 10-15 minutes and we were off to the races for the rest of the day. There was some small economic news out today that was better than expected but the rally and optimism was on the headlines that congress was close to a fiscal cliff deal and the majority of the headlines were different congressional opinions and updates regarding the cliff. In the news today was Duff & Phelps (DUF) which agreed to…
Week in Review
DJIA +3.76 (+0.03%); to 13,025.58 S&P 500 +0.23 (+0.02%); to 1,416.18 NASDAQ -1.79 (-0.06%) to 3,010.24; Friday’s action was another consolidation day just below the 50 Day SMA. The entire range for the day was 8 S&P points and while the index closed higher, we spent the majority of the day down. Stocks of the Day today included Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Finally bouncing off very depressed levels, this has been a name we have featured as a Trade Idea. There was news that the company plans to sell its Austin, TX campus but this rally seems more like en and of…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +36.71 (+0.28%); to 13,021.82 S&P 500 +6.02 (+0.43%); to 1,415.95 NASDAQ +20.25 (+0.68%); to 3,012.03 Today the S&P stayed green the entire day but did face a drop to near even just before noon time from Statements that Congress was not making headway on fiscal cliff talks but the market quickly recovered finally closing near where it opened up 6 points. I posted on Stock Twits today that the more congress speaks, the less I want to own and I truly meant that. The problem becomes, fundamental and technical work go out the window when headlines rule the day….