Dow Follow Through Is Light After Historic All-Time High March 2013: Volatility creeps up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose marginally today as traders built on yesterday’s all-time high. The Dow hit 14,296.24 up 42.47 or 0.30% with slightly rising volatility. Traders were encouraged by news from ADP showing private sector jobs growth of 198,000…
S&P 500 Ends 2013 Seven Week Winning Streak: Is this the beginning of something? The Dow barely eked out a slim weekly gain, avoiding its third-consecutive weekly decline. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 posted its first weekly loss this year, snapping its seven-week win streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average barely gained for the week to…
February 2013 Stock Market Rally Continues On New Breakout With Low Volatility: Stocks broke out of last week’s range today after the Dow climbed higher and the S&P 500 as well as the NASDAQ rallied. The upswing in equities was led the financials as well as the small-cap and mid-cap stocks. The stock market continues…
Markets Mixed As Investors Look For New February 2013 Catalyst, Watch The TLT ETF: Stocks posted mixed results today as investors look for new reasons to buy, sell or hold. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -9.52 to 13,973.39 but the NASDAQ rose 1.78 to 3,198.66 and the S&P 500 was up 1.05 to 1,521.38.…
Will the low volatility trend continue? The Dow Jones Industrial Average made a strong comeback today as volatility dropped sharply. We have been watching volatility closely for the last few days and the spike higher yesterday was not confirmed by follow through today. Investors seem bullish in an environment characterized by low volatility which could…
