The U.S. stock market resumed its rally last week, following three weeks of mostly sideways price... Read More

The U.S. stock market resumed its rally last week, following three weeks of mostly sideways price activity within a narrow range. Following a much-better-than-expected July jobs report on Friday, the... Read More

The U.S. stock market cooled off a little this past week on the heels of four consecutive weekly... Read More

The U.S. stock market cooled off a little this past week on the heels of four consecutive weekly gains. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 and small-cap Russell 2000 closed slightly higher, but the benchmark... Read More

Last week, the major U.S. stock indices posted their fourth consecutive weekly gain. The rally was... Read More

Last week, the major U.S. stock indices posted their fourth consecutive weekly gain. The rally was led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100, which advanced 1.7%, lifting this market-leading index further... Read More

The U.S. stock market put in another strong performance last week, led by the small-cap Russell... Read More

The U.S. stock market put in another strong performance last week, led by the small-cap Russell 2000, which gained 2.4% and is now up 6.1% for the year. More importantly, the benchmark S&P 500... Read More

In last week’s Market Outlook, I said that even though the short term still looked risky, the... Read More

In last week’s Market Outlook, I said that even though the short term still looked risky, the tide was turning in favor of the bulls. That remains the case as the U.S. stock market put in... Read More

All major indices finished sharply higher last week despite the market’s continued day-to-day... Read More

All major indices finished sharply higher last week despite the market’s continued day-to-day choppiness. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 led the pack, gaining 3.5% after a big decline the week... Read More

Two weeks ago, I warned that rising market volatility, a low put/call ratio and June seasonality... Read More

Two weeks ago, I warned that rising market volatility, a low put/call ratio and June seasonality collectively warned of a near-term pullback. A week later, I said the market was gearing up for a... Read More

The major U.S. stock indices finished slightly lower last week, as fears of a Brexit (the U.K.... Read More

The major U.S. stock indices finished slightly lower last week, as fears of a Brexit (the U.K. leaving the European Union) put pressure on the market.  The Nasdaq 100 led the way down, losing... Read More

For the second consecutive week, the four major U.S. stock indices finished essentially unchanged.... Read More

For the second consecutive week, the four major U.S. stock indices finished essentially unchanged. This recent sideways action leaves the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Russell 2000... Read More

#-ad_banner-# The major U.S. stock indices finished last week essentially unchanged, on the heels... Read More

#-ad_banner-# The major U.S. stock indices finished last week essentially unchanged, on the heels of back-to-back positive weeks, as the benchmark S&P 500 ran into a wall of formidable overhead... Read More