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Past week recap: As often happens the year ended with a whimper, with stock prices barely changed on light trading volume, as many institutional traders took the holiday week off and news was slow. The financial media and traditional brokerages are cheering a year in...

Past week recap: Some institutional investors – those who had not already bought stocks recently – did so last week, sending prices of already risen stocks even higher. Some are attributing this to good earnings reports from banks, as well as companies in the...

Past week recap: Institutional investors returned from the holiday in an optimistic mood and proceeded to resume buying stocks - many at already high prices - which they must believe are headed even higher. So one of the longest and largest bull runs in market history...

Major indexes finished the week about even with where they started – but not without enormous swings down and up in between – which is why weekly trading is often more advantageous than daily trading, as weekly analysis smooths daily market action that would lead...

Major indexes finished the week about even with where they started – but not without enormous swings down and up in between – which is why weekly trading is often more advantageous than daily trading, as weekly analysis smooths daily market action that would lead...

Typical for a Thanksgiving trading week, volume was very light, price movements generally modest and market bias was upward, although oil-related stocks remain stagnant - deliberate over-production by OPEC continues, in an effort to keep supplies high and prices low...