March 19, 2024

Daily Wrap

DJIA+100.38 (+0.76%) to 13,235.39; S&P 500+16.78 (+1.19%) to 1,430.36; NASDAQ+39.27 (+1.32%) to 3,010.60; Today was never in doubt and the highs that were made around noon in all three major averages held until just after 2pm when the indexes globally bottomed and we pressed higher closing at fresh highs by the end of the day.  What was even more impressive was the rally was stronger across tech and small caps showing a “risk on” type of attitude. Stock of the day today included Clearwire (CLWR) which agreed to be purchased by Sprint (S).  This was in focus last week as…

Daily Wrap

While the markets were open today, the volume clearly lends to be a “holiday” style trading session with the SPDRs SPY not reaching 100M shares traded.  While overall a lack-luster day, the S&P limped higher by $0.18 to 1380.03 while the Nasdaq & Dow closed lower $0.62 to 2904.26 and $0.31 to 12815.08 respectively. Giving us a feel of the Bull market days we had an old school “merger Monday” with 2 well known names going out including Jefferies (JEF) closing up over 14% on a takeover by Leucadia National (LUK) and Titanium Metals (TIE) gained over 40% after receiving…