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Stock Market Overview:  Futures are higher ahead of Monday’s open after the bulls showed up and defended the 50 DMA line on Friday. Gary’s Thoughts: Considering the Dax, not much higher…but things are not open yet. Economic Data: Charles Evans Speaks 5:10 AM ET Labor Market Conditions Index 10:00 AM ET TD Ameritrade IMX 12:30 PM ET Neel…

We thought the action around April 22 had the market putting in a high at that time. We think that high and subsequent drop was a little nastier than we thought. But…we also think Friday’s action could possible put in a near term low as the DOW and S&P held the 50 day…so far. Keep…

The bulls were disappointed on Thursday after the bears showed up and sent stocks lower. Before the open, futures were higher after oil prices spiked nearly 5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 pulled right into their respective 50 DMA lines and were due to bounce. The inability to bounce speaks volumes to how…

Stocks fell on Wednesday as investors digested a slew of economic and earnings data. Before the open, ADP said private employers added 156k new jobs in April, missing estimates for 193k. That was the weakest print since 142k in Feb 2014. After the open, the PMI services index came in at 52.8, just higher than the…

Stock Market Overview:  Futures are a little higher ahead of Thursday’s open as investors digest another busy week of earnings and wait for Friday’s always fun fake jobs report. Gary’s Thoughts: Obligatory gap off the support we talked about last night. Oil soaring on some news that may be temporary. Economic Data: Chain Store Sales[Bullet Challenger Job-Cut…

Last week, we really believed that the market itself was showing characteristics that it was tired. But that by itself does not send a market down. We then saw the selling that got us to take notice and tell you we thought the market was about to top for now. THE MARKET HAS INDEED TOPPED FOR…

Stocks rallied on Monday as investors digested the latest round of tepid economic and earnings data. Over the weekend, China’s official manufacturing PMI came in a t 50.1 last month, down from 50.2 in March. The services component came in at 53.5, compared with 53.8 in March. In the U.S., the PMI manufacturing index came in at…

Stock Market Overview:  Futures are lower ahead of Tuesday’s open as investors digest another busy week of earnings and wait for Friday’s always fun fake jobs report. Gary’s Thoughts: China numbers not so good. UK numbers not so good. Futures whacked a wee bit. Remember our thoughts from the weekend. Economic Data: Motor Vehicle Sales Gallup US…

By Gary Kaltbaum May 1, 2016 In the 50 years ended 2010, a $10,000 investment in the S&P 500, including dividends reinvested, did a little more than a double to $22,659 from the May 1st period through October 31st. That same $10,000 when invested from November 1st through April 30th, turned into $438,967. Since, except for the QE3-induced…