Daily Market Commentary

Stocks opened weakly yesterday, and closed weakly, but there was some buying in between keeping the losses to a minimum. The Dow ended the day down 42-points and the losses were very modest in the other major indices as well, with the exception of the Dow Transportation Index, which was up again, making another new high.
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Stocks gapped open higher on Tuesday, and held onto those gains all day. The Dow gained 69-points while the S&P 500 and the Dow Transportation Index made new all-time highs. Small caps and the Nasdaq had big days as well, and are trying to play catch-up after months of lagging.

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Stocks and bonds were up on Friday, and every TSP fund was in the green. The seasonality chart for the month of May is not one of the better ones during the year, but here we are with one week to go in the month, and every fund was up last week, every fund is up for the month of May, and every fund is now up for 2014. ...

Stocks rallied yesterday and the Dow's 10-point gain didn't represent the strength we saw in the broader indices. The small caps had a nice day, as did the I-fund, while bonds slipped a bit.

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Stocks rallied sharply on Wednesday and the Dow erased Tuesday's 137-point decline with a 159-point (+0.97%) gain. The broader indices lagged but still did well with the S&P gaining 0.84%, and small caps adding 0.6% (Russell was up 0.52%.) Bonds were down.

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