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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/13/2013
Stock market averages are modestly lower, but volume is light and action has been rangebound thus far. The only significant stat of the day showed Retail Sales up .1 percent in April and better than the .3 percent decline that was expected. But, trading was sluggish across the Eurozone. Crude oil lost 50 cents to [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/10/2013
Market is mixed heading into the final two hours of trading. With no economic data due out until Monday’s Retail Sales, trading was steady after Japan surged nearly 3 percent overnight. European markets were mostly modestly higher, but crude lost $1.85 to $94.54 and gold lost $32.5 to $1,436. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/01/2013
Stock market averages fell on disappointing economic news Wednesday. ADP said the economy added just 119K private sector jobs in April. 155K was expected. April ISM and March Construction Spending also fell short of expectations. Merck (MRK) lost 2 percent and is the Dow’s biggest loser on earnings. Elsewhere, many overseas markets are closed for [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/30/2013
Stock market averages erased morning losses and are holding modest gains through midday Tuesday. Data released early motivated a bit of market weakness after Chicago PMI came in at 49 for April, from 52.4 and below expectations of 52. However, a surprise uptick in Consumer Confidence helped offset worries about manufacturing, after the Conference Board’s [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/10/2013
The rally to record highs continues Wednesday. The underlying tone of trading was positive early after banks led European markets broadly higher. On the domestic news front, the minutes from the Federal Reserve meeting were released five hours earlier than normal because the text had apparently been leaked the day before. The minutes held no [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/30/2013
Stock market averages have pulled back a bit on disappointing economic news and after Fed officials maintained their pledge for additional bond purchases. Early economic news showed Gross Domestic Product unexpectedly declining at an annual rate of .1 percent in Q4. The decline marks the first quarter of contraction in several years and dumfounded, befuddled, [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/29/2013
A weak reading on consumer confidence and a disappointing round of earnings from the tech sector failed to halt the stampede Tuesday. Pfizer (PFE) is up 3.4 percent and helping to lead the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a 75-point gain on the heels of its earnings report. Valero (VLO), Eli Lilly (LLY), and CIT [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/04/2013
Market action was mixed through midday, but buying interest surfaced late in the day and market averages are probing session highs. The employment situation was in focus early after the Labor Department said the US economy added 155K jobs last month and the unemployment rate was steady at 7.8 percent. The numbers were mostly in-line [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/03/2013
Stock market averages are modestly lower after the big gains to start the New Year Wednesday. Some of the focus shifted to the jobs situation early after ADP reported that the economy added 215K private sector payrolls last month. Economists were expecting 160K. However, the Labor Department reported that jobless claims increased by 10K to [...]
