Monthly Archives: November 2018

Wednesday update

SHORT TERM: gap up and go rally, DOW +618 For the first three days of the week Asian markets have gained 2.3%, while European markets have gained 0.8%. The week started at SPX 2633 and hasn’t looked back. After a … Continue reading

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the stock market’s best and worse presidents

First published in 2008. Thought to update it through January 21, 2017. Only goes to confirm that raw statistics are just raw statistics. DOW performance for their entire tenure, ranked from best to worse: Clinton … + 226.3% Roosevelt … … Continue reading

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Weekend update

REVIEW The market started this holiday shortened week at SPX 2736. The market opened lower on Monday, traded down to SPX 2681, then gapped down on Tuesday carrying the market to SPX 2632 near the close. Wednesday was a gap … Continue reading

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Wednesday update

SHORT TERM: gap up opening then pullback, DOW -1 The first three days of the week displayed Asian markets losing 0.8%, and European markets losing 0.5%. The SPX started the week at 2736, sold off to 2681 on Monday, gapped … Continue reading

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Weekend update

REVIEW The week started at SPX 2781. After a slightly down opening on Monday the market dropped to SPX 2722. Tuesday it had a gap up opening, hit SPX 2743, dropped to 2719, rallied to 2755, then dropped to 2715. … Continue reading

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