Stocks jumped upward to new near term highs today – on exuberant enthusiasm – nothing much else.
Gold started back up, and Oil and gasoline jumped massively – only speculation could cause the volatility we have seen in the past two days in the energy futures market.
In the news today…..
Bond Auctions yesterday and today [...]
Stocks plummeted today, down 201 points. Perhaps reality is setting in.
Bonds gained dramatically (decreased interest rates) – a nice move for us.
The Dollar strengthened one cent against the Euro.
Oil and gasoline were hit again, and have come well of their recent highs. Sanity appears to be coming back into the oil price. My personal belief [...]
Everything moved sideways today. Stocks were up and down and ended up 48 points.
Bonds were the only market which ended significantly higher (lower interest rates) as people worried about the economy (see articles below.) Remember that the bond market is much more sober and realistic as a market compared to the stock market, or commodities.
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Stocks started up, went way down, and ended up 90 points.
Bonds got killed today as a Treasury auction didn’t go as well as it could.
The Dollar, oil and gasoline went sideways. Oil supply appears to be at a high point right now.
Gold rallied and ended up again today.
In the news today….
Good News?? – Durable Goods [...]
Stocks moved all over the place, but ended going exactly sideway. The Dollar, Oil and gasoline did the same thing.
Bonds, on the other hand, are extremely nervous about the high volume of US Treasury sales this week. It should be a very bad week for bonds. Today, the 10 Year Treasury moved over 3% – [...]
Stocks claimed some sanity today, and fell 245 points in the face of the bad economic conditions. Is this the beginning of the next meltdown of stocks?
Bonds went sideways, and many are saying that there is a “Bond Bubble” happening right now. I tend to agree, but it could last longer and go deeper (in [...]
Stocks fell slightly today.
Bonds had plenty of action with interest rates shooting upward – see article below.
The Dollar strengthened as oil is thinking that the US economy will be coming back fast – kind of illogical, but that’s the market.
Gold lost some of its luster, falling $22.
Oil and gasoline powered ahead as the Russia/Ukraine gas [...]
Stocks were off today the entire day as US industry continues to disappoint with poor financial results. FEDEX, for example, has reduced its forecast as shipping has fallen off in the last month alone.
Bonds was where the action was. While the 10 Year Treasury showed some gains (decrease in interest rates), the short end was [...]
Stocks soared today – all at the end of the day – after dropping several hundred points in the first half of trading – ending up 552 points. Bonds foretold the stock movement and was losing value (increasing interest rates) during the entire day – but especially during the massive stock run up. The Dollar [...]
Stocks were buoyant and ended up 248 points. This – in spite of the news on unemployment.
Bonds didn’t like the amount of new Treasuries coming onto the market in the future, and dropped in price – increased in interest rates.
The Dollar, Gold, Oil and gasoline all moved sideways – hard to believe.
In the news today…..
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