Tag: s&p 500

By Greg Naylor October was an uneventful month for major economic news, although Superstorm Sandy closed the NYSE for two days.  This was the first...

By Andrew Nyquist The gentle pullback came to an abrupt end this week in the financial markets. What was a nice easy pullback above key supports...

By Andrew Nyquist Pretty heavy market lately. In late October I posted a blog with charts showing some key support levels for active investors to focus...

By Brad Tompkins Last week the commerce department released their estimate of 2012 third quarter’s GDP growth rate. The preliminary 2.0% growth was better than 1.3%...

By Andrew Nyquist It been a chop and drop, grind lower type of market. And for traders, that's tough... especially those trying to enter swing long...

By Andrew Nyquist The past six weeks have been an interesting ride full of crosscurrents and cautionary tales in the financial markets. Rewind to the week of...

By Greg Naylor September was an eventful month, as the Federal Reserve and Ben Bernanke announced another round of quantitative easing, commonly referred to as...

By Andrew Nyquist Last week I posted a chartology of the Utilities Sector (XLU) projecting a path higher and stating that outperformance by defensive sectors "...

By Brad Tompkins If you are trying to determine the current market disposition through popular financial media, you are hearing a great deal of contradiction. For...

By Andrew Nyquist After breaking out above the 1420 level, the S&P 500 ran to 1474... and quickly. Most breakouts tend to get a bit euphoric...