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07/03/13

Stocks opened higher on Tuesday and like Monday, the indices peaked in mid-morning trading. A 75-point early gain turned into a mid-afternoon 100-point loss for the Dow, but some buying toward the close left it down just 43-points.

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07/02/13

Despite being up 174-points in early trading, the 5-day streak of triple digit moves in the Dow (on a closing basis) ended yesterday as the indices closed well off their highs. The Dow ended the day up 65-points, but closing 109-points off the high was obviously a disappointment for the bulls. ...

07/01/13

I remember back in the 70's when a radio disc jockey in New York would play a popular song, and when it was over they'd announce in a colorful voice, "Instant Replay!", and then they'd play the same song a second time.

Well, I'm going to do an "Instant Reply" to the start of Friday's commentary, with just minor changes...

It was another triple ...

Last week's Top 50 buy signal was a winner. It didn't look good early on last week given Monday's follow through downside action, but the major indexes posted some nice weekly gains as sentiment got overly bearish. We've seen that happen before.

Here's this week's charts:




The Top 50 increased their collective stock exposure by 22% going into the new week, which is a sell signal. But these ...

Stocks started the week moving sharply lower as the Dow lost 140-points on Monday, but three days of big gains helped push the indices into positive territory for the week, despite weakness on Friday.

Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through June 28 and the final numbers for the month of June. The week ended with gains in all funds, while only the G-fund managed again in June. The C and S funds continue to lead the way at ...