I truly expect significant earnings increases for this robust shipping company.

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office revealed that Social Security may go broke long before the Social Security Administration predicts.

While I expect a short-term pullback, I'm not anticipating a large top to form this week. It could, but I don't expect it to occur.

While short-lived, yesterday's pullback had purpose. Along with the sideways fade over the past week most of the major indices were able to work off an overbought condition.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 have seen gains in excess of 5.5% and 8.0%, respectively, but will these gains be sustainable without a correction?

The combination of the quick start and afternoon pullback resulted in a doji candle.

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The market has gone nowhere over the past few months. And the trading conditions have been anything but easy to manage.

The market recorded another gain yesterday as the indices continued to consolidate after the big open to start the week.

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The increase in volume was excellent to see yesterday, and that increase in volume added further conviction to the bullish move higher past 1280 resistance.

This week's data may not indicate too much about the U.S. economic recovery, but it was good enough to support bank stocks...

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The euro has fallen sharply lower by 3% this week, which has corresponded to a similar rise in the dollar. The rise from the dollar brought havoc to the commodities and stock market alike.

Yesterday stocks fell on "European pessimism" and that's after stocks rose Friday on "European optimism." But nothing happened over the weekend to change Friday's viewpoint...

A 32% interest rate is unheard of in a normal market. But as many investors and traders understand, the market is far from normal these days.

While I believe we are headed higher over the next three weeks, the bears have a funny way of changing the tide of the market without any detection.

The market hardly budged yesterday and volume was below average, yet I still remain bullish.

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I would of course prefer a return to normalcy, but right there's just too much market risk.

Bank stocks, and the other indices for that matter, will have to overcome some heavy bearish news today.

Considering everything that has happened over the course of the past quarter I can't really blame investors for being skeptical.

It's hardly surprising that the banks blasted higher yesterday - the intervention by central banks was directly aimed at helping out big banks.

I'm just not sold that the big results from retail this weekend will have a lasting impact on the U.S. market.

The current global economic situation is setting up what I consider to be the trade of the decade. Simply put, this trade is to short U.S. Treasury bonds. This is almost a no-brainer.

Risk aversion has taken hold of the market as investors became fearful that Europe will implode and that China's economy will begin to slow down.

I am going to keep my bullish outlook, but the indices need to find support immediately.

The market took a nosedive yesterday, directly to 1197 support. In addition to the plummet, and sadly for the bulls, volume was high.

You wouldn't know it from watching the news or reading the paper - but there's only one data point that deserves your attention.

If volume is an indicator of confidence then the numbers over the past few months are screaming utter indecision.

The real question remains: "What happens to the dollar when they inevitably raise the debt ceiling?" Well, we already know the answer...

Yesterday's additional volume likely came from a few bullish traders who rushed in expecting 1225 to hold, then closed those positions once 1225 support was taken.

One area of the market that has seen unusual strength this week, despite a horrendous distribution day for most other assets on Wednesday, is...

Making payments on the principle is no longer a realistic expectation for these countries.

It seems unlikely that Greece can undo decades of bad spending decisions with a simple bailout by its European neighbors.

The market recovered as buyers supported the 1220 zone on SPX. Financials once again played leader - the big banks have produced incredible swings lately.

All major U.S. indices were down by more than 2% on the session, and once again, financials, which are heavily exposed to a European debt crisis, took the largest loses.

During strong trends, leadership stocks, sectors and indices are often defined by large rises on above average volume and miniscule declines on low volume - while the opposite is usually true during bear trends.

The market concluded its fourth positive week in a row with another strong performance from financials.

In addition to the bailout, which should be big enough for this year, the EU also addressed the debt of Greece. The leaders of EU persuaded bond investors of Greece to take a 50% reduction.

Financials have clearly driven this rally. And it makes sense - this rally is being built on a bailout designed to help banks.

Oil is more useful as an indicator than even stocks because of one thing: business.

Over the past three years, no single stock has flummoxed traders like Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX).

From a low of 1,075, the S&P 500 rallied 210 points, closing at 1,253 yesterday. That's a 16.5% gain in a month. And there are some pretty amazing statistics to go along with that gain.

One thing that seems to be missing is the timetable for Greek default. It would be good to know exactly when the Euro-banks have to book the losses.