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Despite the country mourning the tragic event in Las Vegas, stocks pressed ahead once again with the Dow gaining 153-points. It's tough to bet against the first day of a new new month, especially when the prior month did so well, but be careful in day 2 and 3. Today could be Turnaround Tuesday, but again betting against this market has not been all that wise this year.

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Stocks opened slightly higher on Friday and they slowly drifted upward throughout the day, closing at the highs. The Dow gained just 24-points but the broader indices produced more meaningful gains with the Nasdaq (+0.66%) leading the way, along with the I-fund, which gained 0.53%.
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Stocks pressed on this week making a mockery of the "uphill" September seasonality warned by nearly all market analysts and any bear alike. Record low volatility may have been the only evidence of the September seasonality this month but there always seemed to be buyers available.

For instance, this Wednesday President Trump laid out his highly anticipated tax plan. The potential for the president's tax policy was deemed a great contributor to the relentless bull market we've seen ...

Stocks were flat to slightly higher yesterday with the Dow gaining 40-points, the S&P 500 picking up 3-points, while the Nasdaq was flat. The normally volatile month of September has been anything but volatile and it looks like it wants to go out like a lamb. But the 29th of September has a history of being rocky so we'll see if it can buck trend as well.

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Stocks opened higher on Tuesday but the early gains faded as they headed into the close and we ended with a flat day for the major larger indices.  The Dow lost 12-points, which makes it the first 4-day losing streak for the Industrials since June, but the losses have been minor, and of course it was coming off a 9-day winning streak.

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