May 1, 2024

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 +48.23 (+0.33%) to 14,613.48; S&P 500 +9.79 (+0.63%) to 1,563.07; NASDAQ +18.39 (+0.57%) to 3,222.25 Friday the market gaped lower and traded down roughly 1% in early trading after the weaker than expected Unemployment claims data.  That early trading marked the lows and the market rallied the remainder of the day clawing back some of the losses.  Today the market built off Friday’s rally and worked higher again today not only closing strongly higher but also closing higher than Thursday’s close before that disappointing data Friday.  The takeaway is the bulls fought back. Starting this morning we had news of a merger…