October 7, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 10/7/11:   Well, we had kind of a constructive week so far even if it started out looking like we may crash…..Tuesday’s volatility was saved by rhetoric in Europe that was picked up by …

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October 3, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 10/3/11:  Last week was one of those weeks that  if you blinked you might not have noticed that we ended the week at about the same spot that we started it……but there was a …

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September 1, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

The SPX has rallied a little more than 7% off of Friday mornings lows, capping the worst month in the index since May 2010, which included the “flash crash”.  As I said in this space …

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August 31, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Dshort The S&P 500 closed up 0.49% after slipping briefly into the red during the last ninety minutes of trading. August 2011 is now on the books as the worst S&P 500 monthly performance since …

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July 1, 2011 by CC • Commentary

WSJ 9:55 a.m. ET all the time: Come and get your final University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for June. It’s expected to fall because consumers feel lousy. 10:00 a.m.: Now that Chicago PMI has …

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