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  1. TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

    Large cap stocks reached new record highs twice this week thanks to good earnings reports and an uplifting GDP report. Not all earnings this week have been on the winning side but bigger players like Amazon and Facebook stole the show with their outperforming reports. The bar has been set lower than usual for earnings this season but leading companies so far have given investors less reasons to sell.

    Stocks surged to new highs Friday following the release of the latest GDP report. ...
  2. Early selloff gets bought again

    Stocks were near flat at the open but quickly plummeted after 3M and UPS reported weak earnings reports. The Dow lost 135-points, or -0.51%, but that was well off the morning lows as investors bought up those lows. The S&P 500 was flat, the Nasdaq led on the upside, while small caps and the Transports struggled. The dollar was up and bonds were down slightly.

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  3. Stocks Wed. pause after Tuesdays rally, but earnings help after hours

    Stocks sold off toward the end of the day on Tuesday to close modestly lower on the day. The Dow lost 59-points, or 0.22%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both saw similar percentage losses. The I-fund was down sharply on a strong day for the dollar. Small caps held onto a slight gain while the Transports rallied sharply. Bonds also rallied.

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  4. Market pop - are the bears capitulating?

    I was out of the office most of the day again yesterday and it looks like I missed a whopper. When I woke up just before the bell and checked the quotes (I'm in the pacific time zone right now so it was 6:15 AM) the futures were flat and it looked like we were on the way to another flat day. But buyers stepped up rather quickly and when I checked a couple of hours later I saw what had happened. The Dow gained a solid 0.55% but the broader indices, particularly the Nasdaq and small caps, really ...
  5. The market is lloooking for a catalyst

    The Dow was down, the S&P 500 was up. The Nasdaq was up, small caps were down. Oil was up and that seems to be helping keep stocks buoyant but the divergence between the indices is interesting. There seems to be some indecision out there as investors pick and choose what might do best next.

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