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After a 206-point gain, the Dow has now had triple digit moves in 4 of the last 5 trading days, 6 of the last 8 days, and 7 total in 12 days of trading in October. Now that a debt deal is done (although not official yet as I write this) and the government is going to fully reopen, ...

Investors became more and more concerned as the day went on and the prospects of a debt ceiling deal became less and less promising. The Dow lost 133-points, but Tuesday's share prices included both Monday and Tuesday's action so they did not suffer as much as Tuesday's indices might have suggested.
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After a weekend of no deals and pessimism over the debt ceiling negotiations, stocks opened sharply lower on Monday morning, but they quickly stabilized and buyers took over, and the indices closed near the highs of the day. The Dow, which was down 100-points in early trading, ended the day up 64.
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Here's a quick holiday abbreviated market commentary since the TSP is closed today and we can't make transactions even if we wanted to...

After a slightly negative open on Friday, stocks rallied most of the day and the indices closed near their highs. The Dow gained 11-points.
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No signal was generated from either the Top 50 or the Total Tracker (Auto-Tracker) for the coming trading week. Last week, our sentiment survey was very bearish with 29% bulls and 66% bears . I showed you some statistical data on bearish levels being over 60% and that data was quite positive for the market. And that’s largely how the market played out as the C fund posted a 0.81% gain and the I fund was up 0.64%. The S fund, which I typically track with this data, was down very marginally with a ...