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Stocks got a tremendous positive reversal yesterday although the S&P 500 remains pinned in a trading range between 4275 and 4375, and we seem to trade almost in that entire range every day. Yesterday's low in the S&P was 4290 and the high was 4366. Small caps of the S-fund lagged but came back from a big loss to close slightly positive, although the Russell 2000 lost 0.53% on the day. Oil and natural gas pulled back sharply after their recent big rallies. Gold and silver were up despite ...

Stocks bounced back on Tuesday as the choppy action near the recent lows continued. There was some late selling so you can tell there isn't as much enthusiasm to buy the dips as we've seen in recent months, but support is still trying to hold. There are several dark clouds overhead with the debt ceiling deadline approaching, spending bill negotiations that are going nowhere fast, earnings warnings season is here, inflation concerns, possible rate hikes on the horizon, and the GDP keeps ...

Stocks began the new week with a swan dive and quickly gave up Friday's big gains. Despite the futures being relatively flat leading up to the open on Monday, there was a lot of selling once the opening bell rang. The selling was swift and there was dearth of buyers which kept the indices pinned close to those lows for most of the day. Tech stocks took the brunt of the selling as inflationary concerns permeated trading. The Dow lost 324-points, yields were up, the dollar was down, and that helped ...

Stocks bounced back on Friday after a few of days of selling triggered by the rallies in the dollar and bond yields. The Dow jumped 483-points, getting back a good chunk of Thursday's 547-point loss. Meanwhile the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and small caps recovered all of Thursday's losses. The I-fund was down on Friday but it had some payback due from Thursday's over-pricing. ...

That was a heck of a final of hour of trading to end the third quarter. The Dow lost 547-points, and at -.1.59%, was the laggard on the day. The S&P was crawling back to break even before that final hour sell-off, and the small caps funds were positive with about an hour to go, but that too gave up the ghost. The Nasdaq lost 0.44% and held up best despite falling over 125-points in that final hour.

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