Stocks are trying to stage another rally. Is it the presidential debate, earnings season, higher revisions, or just a continuation of a bounce? Well, that is where the charts come into play…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks are trying to hold on to gains this Monday stage a bounce after four days of steady selling was broken with only a marginal gain on Friday. A mixed set of…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks gapped up higher this morning and are trying to hold on to solid gains after looking closer at the weekly jobless claims report and the reason why the drop was so…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks are lower yet again on Wednesday as some investor profit taking and caution is coming in ahead of the onslaught of what is expected to be weak corporate earnings reports. The…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks are seeing a post-unemployment pop today now that the rate has dipped to 7.8% as the lowest since January 2009. Whether or not you trust the numbers is up to you,…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks are seeing a post-Obama/Romney debate rally this morning and the report on weekly jobless claims and August factory orders are having little impact. Perhaps the markets are trying to factor in a…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks are trying to hold on to gains this morning on the heels of a stronger ISM and strong ADP payrolls report. Right now seems to be a time where charts are running…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggStocks are trying to hold on to gains after several days of selling and now we have to consider that we may be seeing an “oversold market bounce” trying to take…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks are on the defensive after yesterday’s anti-QE3 comments from Fed President Plosser got the selling started. Now we have anti-austerity protests in Spain and Greece trying to reverse the austerity measures. The U.S.…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks are sliding a bit on Monday after more caution from Europe and on more economic slowing trends. The chart analysis today shows that caution and patience would remain the best action. Today we…
The markets are trying to hold on to some footing after big post-QE3 gains from last week. Today we are analyzing the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: SPY) as it is the most…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is getting more bullish for its 2013 S&P 500 market outlook. The new target is 1,600. The problem is that the macroeconomic call is saying that stocks…
Today wasn’t D-Day for the Federal Open Market Committee. It was QE-Day. Ben Bernanke and the voting FOMC members of course kept rates at zero and promised to keep this ‘exceptionally low’…
Jon C. Ogg The markets may seem like they are on pause ahead of Ben Bernanke and friends as everyone is debating whether or not the FOMC will actually announce or just keep hinting at…
The markets are all a bit soft this Monday with the major indexes trading marginally in the red. After last week’s negative employment surprise and with Draghi’s efforts to buy bonds from troubled…
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