Although the U.S. stock market was generally stable last week, the tone remained cautious as the... Read More
Although the U.S. stock market was generally stable last week, the tone remained cautious as the defensive Dow Jones Industrial Average was the only major index to post a gain, and that of just 0.4%.... Read More
All major U.S. indices essentially finished unchanged last week, except for the small-cap Russell... Read More
All major U.S. indices essentially finished unchanged last week, except for the small-cap Russell 2000, which lost 1.3%. All major indices are still negative for the year except for the broad market... Read More
All major U.S. indices finished more than 2% higher last week, essentially recouping their losses... Read More
All major U.S. indices finished more than 2% higher last week, essentially recouping their losses from a week earlier. Last week’s rebound from the underlying support levels that I discussed in... Read More
All major U.S. indices finished more than 2% lower last week, led by the Russell 2000, an index of... Read More
All major U.S. indices finished more than 2% lower last week, led by the Russell 2000, an index of small-cap stocks, which was down 3.6%. Moreover, last week’s decline pushed the S&P 500... Read More
The S&P 500, blue-chip Dow industrials and small-cap Russell 2000 were all fractionally higher... Read More
The S&P 500, blue-chip Dow industrials and small-cap Russell 2000 were all fractionally higher for the week, but the tech-laden Nasdaq 100 — which tends to lead the market both higher and... Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was the only major U.S. index to post a positive close for the... Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was the only major U.S. index to post a positive close for the week of March 24, but it was a meager 0.1% gain. Meanwhile, the tech-laden Nasdaq 100 and small-cap... Read More
All major U.S. stock indexes closed higher for the week of March 17, led by the broad market... Read More
All major U.S. stock indexes closed higher for the week of March 17, led by the broad market S&P 500 (+1.4%) and Dow industrials (+1.5%). For the year, only the small-cap Russell 2000 (2.6%) and... Read More
All major U.S. stock indices closed lower for the week of March 10, basically giving back all of... Read More
All major U.S. stock indices closed lower for the week of March 10, basically giving back all of the previous week’s gains. The market was led lower last week by the blue-chip Dow industrials,... Read More
All major U.S. stock indices closed higher for the week of March 7, with the small-cap-laden... Read More
All major U.S. stock indices closed higher for the week of March 7, with the small-cap-laden Russell 2000 leading the way with a 1.7% gain. In my Feb. 24 Market Outlook, I pointed out that three... Read More