Here is my weekly update on the broad market indices…This video covers the daily charts of the S&P 500 (SPX), Dow Jones Diamonds (DIA), Nasdaq Composite (COMP), and Russell 2000 (RUT)…(Read More)

We head into the second half of the session with the S&P 500 (SPX) off its lows but still in negative territory…When I checked in on the market this morning the SPX had dropped back to its opening lows…(Read More)

In a post last week – Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) Pulls Back to Fill the Gap – I noted Garmin’s pullback on light overall market volume…(Read More)

Here are a few of the analyst upgrades and downgrades that I thought were worth noting this morning…Upgrades Aetna (AET) Boeing (BA) Celgene (CELG) Deere (DE) DIRECTV (DTV) Forest Labs (FRX) OmniVision (OVTI) Tidewater (TDW) Teradyne (TER) Virgin Mobile USA (VM)Downgrades First Marblehead (FMD) Fannie Mae (FNM) Freddie Mac (FRE) Sierra Pacific (SRP) Sasol (SSL)…(Read More)

The opening bell has rung and here is what I see…The first hour of the action has been somewhat non-committal…(Read More)

Earlier I touched on the strong market action and the final portion of the session did little to change that…The last hour was more or less a meander sideways but that ambling allowed the S&P 500 (SPX) to close near its highs with a very strong gain…(Read More)

Earlier this month I noted some stocks that had hit oversold levels but were still holding above support…(Read More)

We head deeper into the second half of the session with market continuing to push to new highs after the Fed’s Beige Book hit the wire moments ago…As the S&P 500 (SPX) intraday chart shows, the buying demand has been steady throughout the session…(Read More)

This morning’s note about Goolge (GOOG) and eSolar spurred me to check back in on some of the stocks in the solar sector…(Read More)

Here are a few of the analyst upgrades and downgrades that I thought were worth noting this morning…Upgrades Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) Arbitron (ARB) Blue Coat Systems (BCSI) Anheuser-Busch (BUD) Cepheid (CPHD) Ceradyne (CRDN) DuPont (DD) Novellus (NVLS) Overstock.com (OSTK) Potash (POT) Molson Coors Brewing (TAP) UBS AG (UBS) Verigy (VRGY)Downgrades Astronics Corporation (ATRO) New York Times (NYT) Ryanair Hldgs (RYAAY) Sonic Solutions (SNIC)…(Read More)

One of the stocks I recently began tracking is Lululemon athletica inc. (LULU), a maker of “yoga inspired” clothing…(Read More)

The opening bell has rung and here is what I see…The day kicks off with the bulls picking up where they left last night…(Read More)