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Stocks opened higher on Thursday but things quickly fell apart and the indices deteriorated all day. The 231-point decline in the Dow sounds awful and intraday charts look bad, but the indices didn't get totally clobbered as the losses were 1% to 1.4%. Bonds rallied.

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Stocks were mixed again yesterday as the Dow lost 11-points, the S&P was up slightly, small caps led the way up, and the I-fund fell sharply. Bonds had a nice and broke above some key resistance.
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Stocks tried to rally Tuesday morning, but the selling pressure was a little too much and we saw a slow decline into the close. The Dow lost 67-points, the small caps lagged, and the I-fund got a little payback from Monday's losses.

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Stocks opened lower on Monday, but did a pretty good job of hanging on and closing off their lows. The Dow lost 34-points on the day, the S&P was basically flat, but the small caps and international stocks struggled a little more.
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Stocks opened higher on Friday after the jobs report, which came in slightly higher than estimates, but the unemployment rate was slightly higher than expected. The Dow lost all of the early gains but a late push higher had it close with a 31-point gain. The other indices were mixed and bonds were hit hard.
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