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Stocks sputtered out of the gate on Thursday but found some footing during late morning trading and ended the day with solid gains. Right now there is a battle going on between the bears, who are looking for a retest of the August lows, and the bulls, who feel the lows are in and the path of least resistance is up.

I have to admit that I could probably flip a coin to give ...

Stocks opened sharply higher on Wednesday but by the close the Dow, which reversed 400-points, ended the day down 239-points. Japan's Nikkei had rallied nearly 8% the night before and that rolled into the U.S. and European markets on Wednesday morning, but things went sour as we saw.

As I write this Wednesday evening the Nikkei had not yet opened for trading, but I suspect the 1300+ point rally yesterday is going to get quite a haircut.

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Stocks rallied back in a post holiday reversal - at least from Friday's sell-off. The Dow gained 390-points as the volatility continues. There wasn't a whole lot of news but toward the end of the day the World Bank's chief economist suggested the Fed should hold off on interest rate hikes. That could be a market turning event, but how much should we be cheering an economy that is not strong enough to withstand a rate hike off of the current near 0% rate? ...

TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 09/08/15 - 09/11/15

The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 38% bulls, 45% bears.

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Stocks were down sharply on Friday with the Dow shedding 272-points, which capped off yet another volatile and negative week on Wall Street. The disappointing jobs report, with just 173,000 being created in August, didn't help although we continue to see the unemployment rate drop. But the 5.1% rate is strengthening the case for higher interest rates, and the market doesn't like that.

The summer isn't over but unofficially, ...