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Equities Higher on Weak Volume

[Excerpted from Bill Cara's Daily Report]Pre-holiday Friday equity prices were higher, but volume was anemic;however, trading in the US Treasury bond market was clearly under themicroscope as the 30-year bond (119.97 -1.75 -1.44%) was hammered forthe ...

From BILL CARA, Seeking Alpha,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United States Department of the Treasury,  IBM,  NASDAQ,  Broadcom,  Tenaris S.A.

Markets Await Earnings Season

An unremarkable day saw weakness in the morning and strength for the final 90 minutes, leaving markets almost flat at the close. The S&P 500 (1,057.58 +2.86 +0.27%), DJIA (9,725.58 -5.67 -0.06%), and NASDAQ Composite (2,110.33 +6.76 +0.32%) were ...

From BILL CARA, Seeking Alpha,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Alcoa, Inc.,  NASDAQ,  United States Department of the Treasury,  Nikkei 225

Dollar Down, Market Up

Another day, another drop in the US Dollar and another boost to equities and precious metal prices. In NY, all the sectors traded higher, but Energy and Basic Materials (XLE +2.4% XLB +2.1%) were clearly favored. At the close, the S&P 500 (1,054.72 +14. ...

From BILL CARA, Seeking Alpha,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NASDAQ,  United States Department of the Treasury,  Nikkei 225,  FTSE

Investors Ignore Risks, Chase Market Higher

Déjà vu; Wednesday seems like the second half of 1999 when investors ignored the risks and chased market prices higher. Except for Shanghai equities, the world is awash in green arrows Wednesday morning. At the close in New York Tuesday, the S&P 500 (1, ...

From BILL CARA, ETF Investor,  16 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Best Buy Co., Inc.,  Nikkei 225

Late Rally Couldn't Save the Day

Despite the late session rally, at the closing bell the S&P 500 (1,020.62 -8.31 -0.81%), DJIA (9,496.28 -47.92 -0.50%) and NASDAQ Composite (2,009.06 -19.71 -0.97%) were down almost a full percentage point. There was even less enthusiasm in Canada, ...

From BILL CARA, Seeking Alpha,  1 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Nikkei 225,  Garmin Ltd.

Markets Drop Then Rebound

The US equity market indices dropped quickly in a sell-off that lasted for 30 minutes, then were able to reverse and move higher through most of Thursday. At the closing bell, the S&P 500 (1,030.98 +2.86 +0.28%), DJIA (9,580.63 +37.11 +0.39%) and ...

From BILL CARA, ETF Investor,  28 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Boeing,  Nikkei 225,  Google Inc.

Momentum Slows as Traders Tire

[Excerpted from Bill Cara's Daily Report]Upward momentum has clearly slowed and traders may be worn out. Forthe first time in many months, a better than expected economic numberenticed sellers into the market rather than buyers. The market peakedearly ...

From BILL CARA, ETF Investor,  26 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Dow Jones,  Nikkei 225,  Cinema Advertising Council,  FTSE,  Electronic Arts Inc.

Interesting Times in the Equity Markets

These are indeed interesting times. US equity markets closed Friday at new highs for the year. They started in rally mode because of the past two day’s rally in Shanghai stocks that followed a drubbing the day before that. Then at 10am ET, there was ...

From BILL CARA, ETF Investor,  23 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Nikkei 225,  Cinema Advertising Council,  FTSE

Financial Stocks Lead the Charge

Financial stocks (XLF +2.6%) led the charge Thursday in NY. That’s two days in three after being clobbered on Monday. Of course, the Fed conference annual confab at a resort in Jackson Hole Wyoming is underway Friday and the monetary authorities in the ...

From BILL CARA, ETF Investor,  21 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Nikkei 225,  Cinema Advertising Council,  FTSE,  Kookmin Bank

The Top Will Have to Wait

We may have to wait for that intermediate-term cycle top; Wednesday’s action in US equity markets was bullish from the open, and then overnight there was a return of buyers in the Asia-Pacific markets. Thursday morning has already seen fast markets, ...

From BILL CARA, ETF Investor,  13 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Black & Decker,  Tata Motors Ltd,  Garmin Ltd.,  Nikkei 225,  Cinema Advertising Council

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