Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 31, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Wednesday, March 30, 2016 U.S. equities jumped again, this time with most of the major indices climbing a similar percentage close to .50%... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 30, 2016 at 09:00 AM
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Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 29, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Monday, March 28, 2016 Monday was another day of market bifurcation with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 barely higher, while the NASDAQ suffered a minor loss... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 28, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Thursday, March 24, 2016 Despite a rising dollar ($USD), energy (XLE) was the best performing sector on Thursday, posting a .49% gain, while financials (XLF) were the biggest loser, dropping .62%... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 24, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Energy (XLE) was under heavy selling pressure on Wednesday for the first time in two weeks and that sector was primarily responsible for the weakness in the S&P 500... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 23, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Tuesday, March 22, 2016 The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 all turned lower on Tuesday, but the NASDAQ managed to take over relative leadership and finish with fractional gains... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 22, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Monday, March 21, 2016 It was another day of mostly higher prices, albeit gains were modest. That's the hallmark of a bull market - day after day of almost boring gains where bears cannot gain any traction whatsoever... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 21, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Friday, March 18, 2016 The Russell 2000 ($RUT) gained 0.95% on Friday and easily outpaced our other major indices. It also closed back above 1100 for the first time since closing below that number on January 6th... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 18, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Thursday, March 17, 2016 All of our major indices continued their five week advance with one notable exception - the NASDAQ 100 ($NDX), which fell slightly despite strong gains elsewhere... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 17, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Energy (XLE) closed at more than a three month high on Wednesday, gaining 1.73% on the session to lead all sectors. Utilities (XLU) were a strong second as they climbed 1.53%... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 16, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Apple (AAPL) resumed its upward climb on Tuesday, breaking to its highest close since the first trading day of 2016. AAPL's strength led computer hardware ($DJUSCR) to outsized gains of 1... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 15, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Monday, March 14, 2016 There was weakness during the first 15 minutes of trading on Monday, then again during the last 15 minutes of trading... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 14, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Special Note In the Sector/Industry Watch section below, I highlight the historical and current February to April strength in the Exploration & Production ($DJUSOS) industry group within the energy sector (XLE)... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 11, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Thursday, March 10, 2016 We've had little economic news out this week so equity markets have been left to trade off technical indications... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 10, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Energy (XLE) was back in the driver's seat on Wednesday as the XLE climbed 1.62% to easily outperform the other eight sectors... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 09, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Investors and traders turned to treasuries (TLT) and utilities (XLU) on Tuesday as money rotated back toward defense. The rally off the February 11th low has been characterized by rotation away from defense... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 08, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Monday, March 7, 2016 Monday was a strange day. First, there was bifurcated action where most of our major indices were able to tack on additional gains despite huge gains over the past few weeks and overhead price resistance at hand... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 07, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Friday, March 4, 2016 All of our major indices ended last week on a high note as U.S. stocks finished with more gains... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 04, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Wednesday, March 3, 2016 I spoke yesterday about the significance of the XLE's breakout on Wednesday. Thursday's follow through day was impressive as well as the XLE led all sectors, gaining another 1.51%... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 03, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Energy (XLE) made a very important technical breakout on Wednesday and did so with increasing volume. That's an excellent sign of a further uptrend. The XLE now has important support at its rising 20 day EMA, currently at 56.90... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 02, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Market Recap for Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Tuesday was a very impressive broad-based rally with index leadership from the NASDAQ, especially NASDAQ 100 shares, and also leadership from the key financial (XLF), technology (XLK) and consumer discretionary (XLY) sectors... Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley March 01, 2016 at 09:00 AM
Special Note Today marks my one year anniversary as Senior Technical Analyst here at StockCharts.com. I love being here and look forward to many more years with this truly great company... Read More