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3/31 - 4/4 Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: Last week was generally a positive one for stocks but it was anything but a comfortable ride. The large stocks of the S&P 500 advanced 0.4% while the smaller issues in the Russell 2000 eked out a 0.1% gain. In the current environment, we believe there is relative...
Scam Science: The Pump and Dump
Mod (Andy) note: "Blast from the past - Best of Eddie" - This one is originally from September 2010 . If there's an old post from Eddie you'd like to see up again shoot me a message. I'm changing things up a little today. I was going to make today's post about net-net deals, but I've decided to take...
Mar 25, 2014 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis
March 4, 2014 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: February ended with a bang. Last week, the Dow rose about 1.4 percent while the small cap Russell 2000 jumped about 1.6 percent. The S&P 500 hit a new record high and we saw market breadth also hit a new high. Twice as many stocks advanced as fell and over seven...
Stock & Bond Market Update (2/17-2/21)
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: Last week large quality stocks moved lower, the Dow Jones Industrials declining about 1/3 of one percent and the Nasdaq 100 large cap universe also falling. Approximately 1,900 stocks advanced and 1,200 stocks declined, with 353 new highs against only 52 new lows....
What happened in the stock/bond markets last week (2/10-2/14)?
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: For Valentine’s Day the market shows some love for the market. Large and small stocks (as measured by the S&P 500 and Russell 2000, respectively) both advanced over 2%. As difficult as January had been, we find February has been relatively kind. Advancing stocks...
Feb 11, 2014 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: First the Super Bowl and now the Olympics – isn’t it great to have something to take our mind off the stock market. Last week, large cap stocks, as represented by the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a gain of 0.61%. However, small cap stocks fell 1.27%....
Feb 4, 2014 - Stock & Bond Market Update
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: It has been another interesting week on Wall Street. Overall we find large stocks, like those of the S&P 500 fell 0.4%. Meanwhile smaller issues, such as those of the Russell 2000, declined 1.1%. So far the year has seen heavier volume on the market’s down days....
Jan 28, 2014 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis
Stock & Bond Market Analyses
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: The S&P 500 index traded within a 2% range this week but the heaviest volume was on Monday when stocks dropped about one percent. Smaller stocks such as the Russell 2000 were up slightly on the week. Stocks celebrated the Empire State Manufacturing index by...
Jan 7, 2014 - Market Commentary by: James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: Stocks opened the year with a flat week on lower volume, about as many stocks advanced as declined, some averages showed a tiny decline. . Nearly four stocks set new highs for each new low. What do we make of prospects for the New Year? Profits? New problems...
Dec 31, 2013 - Stock & Bond Market Update
Stock Market Analysis Christmas is a time of giving and the markets gave a great gift last week. The Dow hit new all-time highs and rose 1.6% while the small cap Russell 2000 rose 1.3%. Let’s take a closer look at these wonderful presents. The Dow has risen about 26% this year, making it the best...
What happened in the stock/bond markets this past week: large stock increases and small stocks too
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: With the tapering came market jubilation. For the week large stocks like those of the S&P 500 gained 2.4% and smaller issues such as those of the Russell 2000 sprinted to a 3.6% advance. Both represent record highs. It seems a Santa Clause Rally is firmly in place.
Dec 17, 2013 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: With small advances three days on light volume, and two days of heavier volume declines, stocks struggled and ended the week with a 264 point decline on the Dow Industrials. For the week as a whole, 875 stocks rose and 2,324 declined while 269 set new highs against...
Dec 10, 2013 - The Stock and Bond Market Analyses
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: After falling four straight days, stocks rose valiantly on Friday, pushing the Dow above 16,000 once again. The Dow still lost 0.41% while the Russell 2000 small cap index shed 1%. The decline was confirmed in the breadth figures – twice as many stocks fell as...
Dec 3, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Investors were thankful for a prosperous Thanksgiving week in the stock market. Stocks reacted positively to the major economic data releases during the week. The large stock S&P 500 index was up 0.1% and the small cap Russell 2000 index advanced an impressive 1.6%. Overall,...
What is the Stock Market Thinking?
If the stock market was a person—gosh, if corporations can have the same rights as people, why can’t the stock market have thoughts and feelings?— he could be diagnosed with a wide range of psychiatric disorders (I don’t mean to be sexist, but the majority of people in the stock market are...
Nov 20, 2013 - The Stock and Bond Market Analyses
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: Did we mention the market hit new highs again this week? The Dow rose 1.3%, the S&P 500 advanced 1.6% and the small cap Russell 2000 jumped 1.4%. The rally is further confirmed when looking at the internals of the market. About twice as many stocks advanced as...
Nov 12, 2013 - Stock & Bond Market Update
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: The popular market indexes like the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 gained last week. Unfortunately there is much more to the overall story. Last week found more stocks declining than advancing. Indeed, an unweighted approach to the stocks on the NYSE suggests the typical...
Sept 29, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock & bond markets last week...
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: Last week, the Dow rose another 1.1 percent while the Russell 2000 small cap index edged 0.3 percent higher. While the Dow didn’t hit a new high, both the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 hit new yearly highs. The market continues to show excellent depth and breadth....
Market Commentary by: James Investment Research, Inc.
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: The government shutdown in Washington was not nearly as disastrous for the stock market as much of the financial markets predicted. For the week large stocks like those of the S&P 500 were flat. Small stocks such as the Russell 2000 even advanced 0.4%. For those...
Oct 1, 2013 - What happened in the stock/bond markets: little change over past week
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: It was a down week for the S&P 500 as it lost 1%. However the general market saw very little change. In fact on an unweighted basis (where stocks are not overweighted or penalized based upon their size) we find the stock market was unchanged for the week. The...
Sep 17, 2013 - Stock & Bond Market Update
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: What a week, and I’m not talking about Syria or flooding in Colorado. The stock market soared with the Dow gaining a loft 3 percent and the small cap Russell 2000 climbing 2.4 percent. Sabre rattling gave way to celebrating in Damascus and on Wall Street. All the...
How high do you think the US stock market can go?
Before the next a) 10%+ pullback b) bear market (20% pullback over 6+ months) c) recession + bear market ? S&P 2000? 2500? 3000?
Sept 10, 2013 - Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis The holiday shortened week was a favorable one for stocks. Large stocks, like those of the S&P 500 gained 1.4% and their smaller brethren represented by the Russell 2000 did even better and advanced 1.9%. Volume, as might be expected, was light, with a daily average of only 700...
Aug 27, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the third week in a row. The Dow eased 0.47% but broader indices advanced. The S&P 500 rose 0.22% and the small cap Russell 2000 rose 0.61%. This was confirmed as 650 more stocks rose than fell in price. However, the market...
What happened in the stock/bond markets last week?
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: To the surprise of the “perma-bulls” on Wall Street it apparently is possible for stocks to decline. Large and small stocks, such as those found in the S&P 500 and Russell 2000, respectively, fell over 2% on the week. Much of the market’s recent woes stems...
Aug 13, 2013 - Market Commentary by: James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: Stocks moved lower last week, as almost every index fell and all sectors except for materials lost ground. Transportation averages declined the most. Commodity prices were mixed but mostly neutral to lower. The dollar weakened slightly but is still ahead for the...
Aug 6, 2013 - Stock & Bond Market Update
Stock Market Analysis It was another week of advancing markets with the large cap S&P 500 and small cap Russell 2000 posting gains of just over 1%. Of course this is really the headline story, the details are a bit less inspiring as more stocks declined than advanced on the week. Additionally volume...
July 30, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: This was the week the market forgot. The Dow barely rose, 0.1%, the S&P 500 fell 0.03% while the small cap Russell 2000 fell all of 0.2%. It may be because of vacations, the Royal birth or talk about replacing Fed Chairman Bernanke. Nonetheless, a few more stocks...
Jul 16, 2013 - Market Commentary by: James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: This week’s episode of “As the Bernanke Turns” was an obvious crowd pleaser. The Dow and S&P 500 closed the week at record highs. Small capitalization stocks such as those in the Russell 2000 also joined in and they too set record highs. The key hero of this...
July 9, 2013 - Stock & Bond Market Update
Stock Market Analysis (7/1-7/5) Stocks were strong last week, rising about 1 ½% (Dow) and small cap stocks about 3% (S&P 600) while utilities lagged. For a change, many commodity indexes also rose. The dollar was strong against almost every currency, excepting only the Chinese Yuan. The remarkable...
A Tangled Web of Values: Enterprise value, Firm Value and Market Cap
Jul 2, 2013 - What happened in the stock/bond markets last week?
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: It was a good week for the major indices as the Dow rose 0.74 percent and the small cap Russell 2000 almost doubled it, rising 1.43 percent. We got mixed signals from the market internals. More than twice as many stocks rose as fell but we saw four times as many...
Jun 11, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: TGIF or it would have been an unpleasant week for stocks. As it was, the Dow moved ahead 0.88% while small cap stocks advanced 0.35%. Nevertheless, more stocks fell in price than rose, and for the first time in recent memory, more stocks hit new yearly lows than...
Jun 4, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Last week stocks took a bad tumble toward the end of the week, when the last hour or two saw near-panic trading . Among common stocks, nearly five times as many stocks declined as advanced. Daily volume rose to the highest in the week. New lows outnumbered new highs by a 5 to 1...
Anyone think their portfolio is correction-proof?
Obviously everyone has many opinions on the state of our current bull market. But the stats are that the average life of a bull is 4.5 years and we're now past that. I am in my 20's and have some time for damage control (this is also kind of "experimental" money), but I'm still pretty conservative...
May 29, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: The stock market took a hiccup for the week with the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 declining over 1% on the week. Neither was this decline limited to a few popular indexes. More stocks declined than advanced and volume was heavier on the declining days than the...
What happened in the stock/bond markets last week (5/13-5/17)
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: The Dow and the S&P 500 hit new record highs last week. The Dow surged 1.6% while the S&P jumped 2%. The excitement extended to small cap stocks as well. In spite of the big jump in the indexes, only 19 stocks advanced for every 13 stocks that fell, however, 914...
May 14, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock & bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis CONCLUSIONS . Last week stocks moved ahead at a good pace, perhaps encouraged by reports of increased employment. A total of 925 stocks set new highs against fewer than 50 new lows. The day of the heaviest trading volume was Thursday, which happened to be the only losing day of...
Do you think the stock market is going to crash?
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May 7, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis, 4/29- 5/3 Conclusions: It was another impressive week for stocks with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 setting new record highs. The strongest player among the major sectors was easily technology. This is not too surprising as a prime component, the U.S....
Apr 30, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis 4/22 - 4/26 Conclusions: The market rose nicely with the Dow advancing 1.1 percent and the small cap Russell 2000 jumping 2.5 percent. The advance was confirmed with three times as many stocks rising as falling and about 500 more stocks hitting new highs as new lows. While new...
What happened in the stock & bond markets last week (4/15-419)
Stock Market Analysis Conclusions: It was a tough week for the market averages as the Dow lost 2.1% and losses exceeding this were common in the small capitalization stocks. Staples, telecommunication and utilities prospered but other sectors declined, with energy and information tech down more than...
markets last week: retail sales, overall sales
While the market has maintained a smiling disposition there are growing grumblings. Retail sales were announced this week. American consumers control roughly two-thirds of our nation’s economy and retail sales show us their action, as opposed to opinions, in vivid black and white. Or, perhaps in...
Jan 27, 2014 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis
Apr 9, 2013 - What happened in the stock/bond markets last week?
From James Investment Research, Inc Stock Market Analysis 4/1 to 4/5 Conclusions: The market fell last week. We haven’t said that very much this year but it’s true. The Dow only fell 0.09% but the S&P 500 fell 1% and the Russell 2000 small cap index fell almost 3%. Strangely, five times as many...
Apr 2, 2013 - Market Commentary by: James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis, week of 3/2513 - 3/29/13 Conclusions: Stocks moved ahead last week, with 1,883 advancing and 1254 declining. More than 600 stocks set new highs against fewer than 55 new lows. Generally speaking, volume increased on most advancing days. Commodity indexes and especially...
Why The Market Is Wrong And The Economy Is Right
An article from BI, The Most Beautiful Correlation In Stocks And The Economy Continues To Be Perfect shows an overlay of the S&P 500, jobless claims, and the author, Joe Weisenthal claims that “ …stocks reflect what's happening in the actual, real economy, as evidenced by the fact that for...
DJIA New Cycle Highs! Wait, What? My Theories on the Current Market
Good News Monkeys! The DJIA just hit new cycle highs last night, closing near 14,036! Pretty awesome, right! Highest close since the fall of 2007! Do you monkeys have any idea why? Anyone? Bueller? Don't feel bad if you don't, neither does Goldman's S&T desk , who notes (somewhat hilariously):...
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