This week’s calendar holds a number of important economic indicators that could move the markets and provide insight ahead of the November 2-3 Federal Open Market Committee Meeting. In addition, the FOMC meeting takes place during election week, which could create some interesting dynamics. Senior Market Strategist Frank Pavilonis said the Fed’s most recent Beige [...]

by Jeffrey Friedman Fall tends to be a bearish time for the stock market, and as trading volume picks up after the dog days of summer, many investors are a bit cautious about what may come next. People like to talk about psychological levels, and 10,000 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of [...]

by Bill Dixon Both the stock market and Treasury market have been rallied in the past few weeks on a somewhat divergent view of the economy, but sooner or later, I think something has to give, and I think it’s likely going to be stocks. I don’t think the upward trend in stock indexes is [...]

by Jeffrey Friedman The S&P 500 has been in a trading range for the past month, and the price of the September futures contract is currently near the top of the range at about 1,120. Whether or not the market can break out of this range depends largely on confidence—will businesses start hiring, and will [...]

by Jeff Friedman The first half of the year has been pretty awful for stock market investors. The S&P 500 was down about 5.5 percent in June, down 12 percent for the second quarter, and down about 8.5 percent for the year. We could experience another choppy quarter, but there is too much pessimism building—and [...]

by Frank Pavilonis The Euro has seen a recent bounce, along with the U.S. stock market. However, I think the euro rally will fade given the still-shaky economic situation in the Eurozone. Overall, I think the trend is still bearish, but right now we are seeing a bit of a short squeeze. The debt crisis [...]

by Dennis G. Cajigas The driving force behind weakness in the stock market over the past month is a growing lack of confidence in the global economic outlook. I think we should see some stability in the stock indexes in June, but it may take some time before investor confidence can be restored. There is [...]

by Jeff Friedman No matter what type of trader you are or how much capital you have, I believe there is one thing that is more important to your long-term success than anything else. This “Holy Grail” of trading is money management. It takes discipline, but good money management can mean the difference between success [...]

Is This Stock Market Rally for Real? by Frank J. Cholly Perception is reality! Or is it “perception becomes reality?” It doesn’t really matter. My point here is that once investor confidence returns, the market bottoms and begins to claw its way back. The Conference Board released its consumer confidence report on April 28, and [...]

Stock index futures are weak in early trade, with June S&P 500 futures last down 25 at 841.75. Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman said the market seems to be “running out of oomph” and momentum indicators, the Stochastics and Relative Strength Index (RSI), are warning the market is overbought and wanting to correct. [...]

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