Week Two

After three days up and two days down, we finished up week two with a loss.

S&P 500: Week Two

For the week, the Dow lost -0.08%, S&P 500 -0.78%, Nasdaq -1.26% and the Russell 2000 -1.26%. Granted, it certainly felt worse than these numbers represent especially in today’s session…

The Trading Range

After a strong start on Monday, we spent the next four days trading around and ultimately finishing up at the same exact level where we closed back on Monday:

S&P 500: 10 Day View

With Monday’s big gain, the S&P 500 gained +2.26%, Dow +2.46%, Nasdaq +2.62%, and the…

The Comeback Kid

What a difference a week makes:

S&P 500: This Week

As you know, a week ago things were looking quite grim, but as we’ve seen several times this year, this market has a knack for playing the comeback kid.

For the week, the S&P 500 rallied…

Another Very Good Week

A little choppy around options expiration, but overall it was another very good week:

S&P 500: This Week

Since last Friday’s close, the S&P 500 gained +2.45%, Dow +2.24%, Nasdaq +2.50%, and the Russell 2000 +4.09%. To make the big money, being long real estate (URE), financials (FAS), small…

8 Years Later

It was a four-day trading week, but a very good one for anyone long the market. Amazingly on 9/10/01 the Dow closed at 9605. As you can see, we closed at the same exact level today:

Dow: 4-Day View

We closed 2 points…