The Market Bull

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Personal Income Up

The major averages close with small losses on little real news. Personal income and spending advance. PCE Deflator just 2%. Pending homes sales slip.

11-29
02:20

Deja Vu?

Major averages finish the week with large gains as rumors of more trade talks inspired the bulls. Record household debt marked the last crash, Q-3 is Déjà Vu.

11-30
03:27

Trade War Truce

A pause in the trade war helped the major averages to large gains to begin the week. Manufacturing activity gains. Construction spending slips.

12-03
02:02

Blood Bath

Markets plunge, yield curve briefly inverts, so much for the trade war truce. More cracks appear in Bay Area housing, inventory jumps, prices slip.

12-05
02:01

Quiet Day

A quiet day on the street with the markets closed in honor of G.W. Bush’s funeral. Mortgage activity gains for a 2nd week.

12-05
01:50

Markets Mixed

The arrest of Huawei’s CFO spooked the markets to large early losses and threatens to escalate the trade war. The major averages finished the day mixed.

12-06
02:33

Broken Support

Stocks plunge again for the week. November employment report misses with 155,000 new jobs, unemployment rate unchanged at 3.7%. Hours worked slip.

12-07
02:30

Averages Struggle

Volatile early trade gives way to small gains to begin the week. Consumer credit handily beats expectations on credit card use.

12-10
02:56

Choppy Trade

The major averages struggle into the close about even. Producer Price Index gains .1% in November, year ago rate slips to 2.6%.

12-12
02:50

Modest Gains

The major averages can’t hold all their early gains, close moderately higher. Mortgage activity up, rates slip again. CPI up 2.2% from a year ago.

12-12
02:02

Trade Prices Jump

The major averages finish mixed. Trade prices fall on a double-digit decline in energy costs. But the CPI and PPI were curiously about unchanged.

12-13
02:41

Markets Plunge

The major averages struggle into the close about even. Producer Price Index gains .1% in November, year ago rate slips to 2.6%.

12-14
02:43

Large Losses

The major averages retest critical support and look to be failing. More cracks appear in financial markets after Wells Fargo and Barclay’s fail to get a bid on a junk bond offering.

12-17
03:00

Markets Can’t Hold

Major averages can’t hold their early gains. Housing starts and permits increase. Foreigners remain willing investors, but don’t like stocks.

12-18
02:07

Fed Hikes Again

Despite generally positive data and a reduction in the number of expected interest rate hikes next year the major averages plunged late and closed with large losses.

12-19
02:48

Sharp Losses

Broken technical support sends the major averages into the close with large losses on little real news. Philly Fed down 3.5 points in December to 9.4.

12-21
01:32

Bear Market

Markets plunge for the week, NASDAQ enters a bear market with a 20% decline from its earlier high. Economic data softens but still decent.

12-21
02:47

Stocks Close Higher

Markets close with small gains to begin the year on little news. US, European and Asian markets finish 2018 in the red, Worst performance in 10-years.

01-02
02:09

Averages Plunge

The major averages plunge on the 2nd trading day of the year after Apple reports a big revenue miss. Economic data was mixed.

01-03
02:30

Huge Gains

The major averages recover all of yesterday’s sickening plunge and them some. Employment report handily beats expectations.

01-04
03:26

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