Week in Review: Stocks End Higher As Other Markets Crumble… 05/05/2017

Week in Review: Stocks End Higher As Other Markets Crumble… 05/05/2017

Stocks ended mixed to mostly higher last week as other markets crumbled and investors digested a plethora of earnings.  A slew of currencies and commodities fell hard but sellers remained at bay on Wall Street. To be clear, we are still in a very strong bull market and until we see any major selling show…

Week in Review: Stocks Surge In Last Week of April… 04/29/2017

Week in Review: Stocks Surge In Last Week of April… 04/29/2017

Stocks surged last week on a trifecta of positive news. First, the French Election came back with a market-friendly outcome. Second, President Trump announced his much-awaited Tax plan. Finally, the long earnings recession is over.  Technically, the bulls showed up and defended major support for the indices and sent stocks soaring back above their respective…

Week In Review: Stocks Edged Higher For The Week As Earnings Season Begins… 04/22/2017

Week In Review: Stocks Edged Higher For The Week As Earnings Season Begins… 04/22/2017

In Thursday’s pre-market report we noted that the market was ripe to rally, little did we know the Dow would soar nearly 300 points by the close.  That’s just the way Wall Street works, when people want to step up and buy, they buy. Conversely, when people want to sell, they sell first and ask…

Week in Review: Geopolitical Fears Send Stocks Lower; Metals Soar… 04/15/2017

Week in Review: Geopolitical Fears Send Stocks Lower; Metals Soar… 04/15/2017

Stocks ended weaker last week and closed below important near-term support (50-day moving average line) as the market continues to digest the very strong post-election rally. Last week was the first time we saw all of the major indices break down and close below their respective 50 DMA lines since the election which is not…