by cowts_admin | Jan 16, 2024 | Stock Market Recap
Don’t believe the rigged indexes, which showed rises for the week. Other than the few mega-caps, with their out-sized influence on the entire index, most stocks continued their new year slump. It was another give-back week for us. Investors remain nervous about...
by cowts_admin | Dec 5, 2023 | Stock Market Recap
More follow-on buyers drove stock prices up again, continuing the late year rally that is historically typical of the season. Investors focused on more economic data that at least for now suggests a “soft landing” is possible rather than a large recession that some...
by cowts_admin | Nov 27, 2023 | Stock Market Recap
Despite trading volume being light as is usual for the holiday-shortened week, enough follow-on buyers participated to continue raising prices across the broad market. Investors anticipating a historically typical year-end rally are basically causing one by piling...
by cowts_admin | Nov 20, 2023 | Stock Market Recap
Wide-spread follow-through buying did take place, unlike the prior week, as investors interpreted new economic data favorably. Driving this enthusiasm was a CPI report showing inflation in check at a slight decline from prior measurements – although the decline was...
by cowts_admin | Nov 13, 2023 | Stock Market Recap
Wide-spread follow-through buying after the prior week rally did not occur. In a few instances it did, raising a stock price here and there, but most stocks immediately slumped again. Whatever data caused buyers to snap up stocks the prior week was not enough to...
by cowts_admin | Nov 9, 2023 | Stock Market Recap
An abrupt reversal in stocks, with sudden buying interest after weeks of overtly pessimistic selling. The catalysts for the turn-around began with the Fed NOT raising rates and signaling that maybe no more rate increases are necessary. They cited economic contraction...
