At Friday’s close, on the lows for the week, and the lowest level since late March, the bears were in full control. Monday’s robust rally and the mild follow-through on…
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In a Halloween market spectacle, the bulls managed to scare off the bears, albeit not without a struggle. Today’s market action gave way to both bulls and bears, with the…
Investors around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief (for now) that although the conflict in the Middle East has escalated, it has not evolved into WWIII yet. As…
While investors boosted the index in premarket trading off the earnings beat from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC), it was only a mirage. Also, the index…
It is not often that the S&P 500 index futures do not go flat for an entire session, but that is what took place on Thursday. The double whammy of…
Sometimes premarket traders get it right and sometimes they get it wrong. On Wednesday, they got it right in a big way. The tug of war in the after-hours session…
In another two-way session, the S&P 500 index futures had its first meaningful up day since last Monday and it was not easy. Premarket traders buoyed the index nearly 20…
There was plenty of action for both bulls and bears in Monday’s session. While the bulls dominated the early part of premarket trading, the bears made a stand as the…
Amidst the ebbs and flows of the market, Joel Elconin and Blu Putnam, Managing Director and Chief Economist at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, discussed the intricacies of bond yields, interest…
On many occasions, the S&P 500 index futures will make their high or low for the week on Friday, and that took place this week. Unfortunately, the index closed on…
