Our favorite trade showed up again today as a weak Dollar led to solid gains in the U.S. Stock market.  As usual, Gold was up sharply as well.  All of the major averages posted nice gains today.  However, most of the gains occurred in the first 30...

Well, last week proved to be quite an interesting week for stocks.  Normally, since it is a holiday week, there is seasonal favorability.  The market got off to a good start on Monday, but failed to build on its gains over the next two sessions. ...

U.S. stocks ended the day barely to the upside, even as the Dollar was routed in Forex trading.  The Dollar closed at 14 year lows against the Yen.  The so called Yen carry trade has been fueling the rise in stocks since March, but they barely moved...

U.S. Stocks opened strongly to the upside this morning, and held up all day, as the Dollar declined in Forex trading.  Someone keeps on forgetting to turn off this broken record!  Another “as usual” though; volume was light.  In fact, considering...

As mentioned in my previous post this weekend, the U.S. stock market ended a quiet week on a quiet note on Friday.  However, as we head into the holidays, we enter a pretty strong time frame for the stock market on a seasonal basis.  Since we have...