TSP Talk Blog

Stocks slipped on Thursday, taking a much needed break after rallying 7 of the prior 8 days. The ECB, the European Central Bank, left rates unchanged, as expected, and didn’t offer any new stimulus so stocks had a bit of a mini tantrum. ECB head Mario Draghi did leave open the possibility of future action. The Dow lost 114-points and we saw losses of about 0.5% or more in some major indices.

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Stocks were up on Wednesday but there was some late selling and the Dow held onto a 43-point gain, off the triple digit gain it had at 3 PM ET. The S&P 500 almost lost all of its gains but held on to a +0.08% increase. Once again oil was up big, and the financial stocks also rallied and they seem to be the catalyst as earnings continue to be just OK.

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