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Past week recap:  A big down week for the major indexes as institutional investors resumed exiting stocks again.  Escalating trade war rhetoric with China and Fed comments confirming rate hike plans were the reasons.  A very volatile week, with the DowJones index...

Past week recap:  The major indexes closed the first quarter of the year with a small recovery in the holiday-shortened week.  However, the stock market in general, as measured by the major indexes, in the first quarter of 2018 gave back all gains accrued since...

Past week recap:  Finally a second week-in-a-row of consistent institutional trading sentiment – a very large down week on par with the original big down week that started February - after six weeks of neutral see-saw action.  China indeed responded to U.S. tariffs by...

Past week recap:  After recent short-term market moves of down-up-down-up, last week was  disappointingly - but unsurprisingly - another down, continuing the weekly whip-saw action that began in February.  This time, institutional investors sold on word of proposed...

Past week recap: A big up week, continuing the recent pattern of abrupt reversals that began with a Feb decline, then recovery, and second decline. This up week reflected a sudden return of institutional investor optimism after Canada and Mexico were excluded from...

Past week recap: A big down week, following a two week rally, which followed a big decline. This time the blame for widespread institutional selling was Fed comments again suggesting more rate hikes, followed by Trump’s surprise intention to impose import tariffs on...