Strong up day ahead of Jobs
Index & Sector performance 2/6/14 The Market: In the News: The following noteworthy companies are scheduled to report earnings before tomorrow’s open: CI, MCO, WYN, LH, BPL, APO, CBOE, MSG, FLIR Analyst Comments: The Game Plan:
Off the 150 day and up
Index & Sector performance 2/5/14 The Market: In the News: The following noteworthy companies are scheduled to report earnings before tomorrow’s open: PM, AET, EXC, CMI, NBL, K, PPL, PRGO, ADS, SIAL, WEC, TW, AAP, VMC, DO, TDC, KKR, SNA, CSL, NUS, ODFL, AOL, PTEN, USG, NYT, FSC, HCLP, NILE Analyst Comments: The Game Plan:
Today the quiet before the storm?
Index & Sector performance 10/31/13 The Market: Second straight down day for the S&P 500. The day was slightly more active than the closing prices might suggest as a very early up open was quickly sold down to the 1756 levels where the market bottomed around 10:30am EST and then rallied to 1768 by 2:30 pm EST. What took almost all day to gain was then lost in that last hour of trading with the S&P closing back near the earlier lows for the day at 1756. What needs to be seen is if this relatively quiet day is the…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +99.22 (+0.71%) to 13,979.30; S&P 500 +15.58 (+1.04%) to 1,511.29; NASDAQ +40.41 (+1.29%) to 3,171.58 I did not expect today to be as strong as it ended up being. I thought yesterday’s move might be the start of a more prolonged pullback/consolidation that would then give us a new platform to rally from but today’s rally essentially gained back all of yesterday’s losses. I still do feel this action is part of a topping process but clearly the market’s won’t go without a fight. Also with this week being a low data week, earnings will likely be a driving…