Blog Archives

Stocks Rebound After Oversold Boston Marathon Bombing Losses: CPI Down, Housing Starts Up

April 16, 2013
By
Stocks Rebound After Oversold Boston Marathon Bombing Losses: CPI Down, Housing Starts Up

Will Follow Through Occur? U.S. equities rebounded after losing ground yesterday. One day after the Boston Marathon Bombing, stocks rebounded led by the financials after Goldman Sachs reported good numbers along with positive housing data.  Housing starts increased by 0.7 percent to 1.04 million annually the Commerce Department said today.  The increase was the most…

Read more »

Stocks Selloff After Boston Marathon Bombing

April 16, 2013
By
Stocks Selloff After Boston Marathon Bombing

U.S. Equities Oversold But Will Traders Step In? News hit the wires toward the end of yesterday’s session that a bombing had occurred at the Boston Marathon. At present, 3 people were dead and over 140 wounded. Stocks had already been losing ground but the bombing occurred at 2:50 and the selling became more exaggerated…

Read more »

Technical Analysis Note: S&P 500 April 11, 2013

April 11, 2013
By
Technical Analysis Note: S&P 500 April 11, 2013

S&P 500 trend is rangebound: The S&P 500 gained ground as the rally continued today. Shorts are getting hurt as the parabolic stock market move we expected comes to fruition (see March 28, 2013).  The current outlook for the next few days remains neutral-defensive with a bearish bias.  The S&P 500 has been increasing steadily…

Read more »

Stocks Rebound But Does The April 2013 Rally Have More Steam?

April 9, 2013
By
Stocks Rebound But Does The April 2013 Rally Have More Steam?

Follow Through From Last Week Occurs – Finally: Stocks rebounded yesterday after rising late in the session last week. The follow through upward movement was welcome for bullish traders since the market has been rangebound recently. The rise in stocks came on no economic news but the market appeared to be oversold short term. Traders…

Read more »

Technical Analysis Note: S&P 500 April 8, 2013

April 7, 2013
By
Technical Analysis Note: S&P 500 April 8, 2013

S&P 500 trend is rangebound/upward: The S&P 500 pulled back to levels that were considered support on Friday after a dismal jobs number was announced showing a gain of only 88,000 new employed people for the month of March 2013.  The stock market was extremely resilient considering the bad data as well as the negative…

Read more »