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Stocks battled back from from Friday's decline to post some strong gains on Monday, but in comparison to Friday, it has not yet determined much of anything. The Dow gained 237-points after some late selling took the indices off their best levels of the day. The small caps of the Russell 2000 actually gave up all of their morning gains to close negative, although the S-fund ...

Investors were blindsided on Friday, a half day of trading that most of us expected to be a quiet day with a bullish holiday bias based on decades of data, but instead stocks were met with a major sell off and one of the worst days for stocks in some time. The Dow lost 905-points and all of the TSP stocks funds lost over 2% on the day. Bonds rallied as investors looked for safety after ...

Several economic reports came out on Wednesday morning and stocks were not looking good when the opening bell rang, but we did see some typical light volume bullish holiday trading afterward and the indices moved up for most of the day and closed at the highs of the day. The Dow closed off the lows but still ended the day with a small loss, but most of the broader indices did well. Small caps led, bonds ...

Stocks were mixed on a day that saw the bears show some teeth in the morning, and really push on the small caps and Nasdaq stocks, but there was some turnaround Tuesday action as the indices closed well off the lows, with the Dow (+195) and S&P 500 (+8) closing in positive territory after moderate early losses. The holiday seasonality is in the air after a rough start to the normally ...

Stocks were screaming higher at the open on Monday, and as it sometimes goes, emotional Monday morning openings, especially with a gap, can fail. The Dow remained positive but it lost a 300+ intraday gain in the last hour of trading. The S&P 500 saw a similar fate, and the Nasdaq and small caps lagged most of the day. Bonds fell as yields rallied, and the dollar has been unstoppable ...