Gregory Clay

Stock Barometer

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  Published 10 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The stock market is reacting to the four "black swan" events since the year started (the heated Iran/Saudi Arabia conflict, China's stock market drop, North…

• Market Summary

  Published 03 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  U.S. stocks finished lower on Thursday, capping the worst year for the market since 2008. The S&P 500 index, regarded as a benchmark for the…

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  Published 27 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Sellers took vacation last week and the program driven "short squeeze" rally triggered three consecutive days of triple-digit gains in the DOW Industrials. As seen…

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  Published 20 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The Benchmark S&P 500 Index and Blue Chip-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the week with their worst two-day sell off since September 1st. All…

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  Published 13 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The Benchmark S&P 500 Index fell 3.8% for the week. The Blue Chip-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average's finished the week down 3.3% and the Nasdaq…

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  Published 06 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  After all is said and done, with daily up and down triple-digit moves, culminating in Friday's massive largest one-day gain in three months, basically the…

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  Published 29 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Last week we said "...Next week is probably going to be light trading volume, with many investors taking time off for the Thanksgiving holiday..." Basically…

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  Published 22 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Wall Street racked up a strong finish last week with as investors looked past an anticipated December Fed interest rate hike. The S&P 500 ended…

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  Published 15 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Wall Street sold off for three consecutive sessions as the stock market ended its worst week in over three months. The three major U.S. indexes…

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  Published 08 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The three major indexes posted higher weekly performances for the sixth week in a row, after posting their best monthly results in four years in…

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  Published 01 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The market has rebounded strongly off the summer correction by shrugging off global-growth fears that dogged the market back in August. The S&P 500 fell…

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  Published 25 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The main indexes booked a fourth straight weekly gain with the majority of gains coming over the Thursday and Friday trading sessions after a surprise…

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  Published 18 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The stock market rebound continues grinding higher. It's not earnings or data that is pushing equity prices higher as both are mixed to mediocre. It…

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  Published 11 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The S&P 500 finished higher in seven of the past eight sessions ending with a weekly gain of 3.3%, its best week since Dec. 2015,…

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  Published 04 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  It has already been reported how investors experienced the first 10% correction in the major stock indexes since 2011 as worries of an economic slowdown…

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  Published 27 September 2015 | viewed 0 times

  U.S. stocks closed out the week with a whimper, turning big opening gains in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite into losses by Friday's close.…

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  Published 20 September 2015 | viewed 0 times

  U.S. stocks crashed hard Friday, but The Dow Jones Industrial Average took the biggest hit. The Dow suffered its second-worst Friday drop in 2015 on…

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  Published 13 September 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Investors pulled another $19 billion from stock funds over the past week, seeking safety in government bond funds, which have enjoyed the longest run of…

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  Published 06 September 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Trepidation about the first U.S. rate hike in almost a decade added to worries among investors already on edge about a stumbling Chinese economy and…

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  Published 30 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The S&P 500 Index posted its biggest rally since November 2011; a much-needed rebound for the market after a recent pullback in the stock market…