Stock Market Summary Thursday 31st January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 31, 2013 @ 11:45 AM

Yesterday's market action was negative.

The Nasdaq Composite lost -0.36% and volume was above average indicating institutional selling (Point A).

The two recent leading indexes, the S&P 600 and S&P 400 both...

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Stock Market Summary Wednesday 30th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 11:32 AM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq Composite lost -0.02% and volume was far above average (Point A).

What we liked about yesterday's behavior was...

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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 29th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Jan 29, 2013 @ 11:41 AM

Yesterday's market action was negative.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.15%, volume was far above average indicating possible churning (Point A).

Churning...

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Is your fund investment strategy flawed?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 @ 01:15 PM

In this series of posts we've been looking at some mistakes that fund investors often make. By avoiding these, you'll give yourself a much better chance of arriving at your financial goals on time.

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Stock Market Summary Saturday 26th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 @ 12:28 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.62%, volume was far above average indicating institutional buying (Point A). Accumulation (institutional buying)...

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Stock Market Summary Friday 25th January 2013

Posted by Chris Elmes on Fri, Jan 25, 2013 @ 01:11 PM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.33%, volume was far above average indicating institutional selling (Point A). Distribution (institutional selling)...

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Stock Market Summary Thursday 24th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 02:19 PM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.33%, volume was slightly below average indicating mild institutional buying (Point A). The S&P 600, a recent market leading index...

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Stock Market Summary Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 @ 11:06 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.27% and volume was slightly above average indicating that institutional investors were buying (Point A).

When these 800lb gorilla investors buy...

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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 20th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Jan 22, 2013 @ 10:09 AM

There is no Stock Market Summary today due to the markets being closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Stock Market Summary will resume tomorrow as normal.

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2 key investment mistakes that people often make

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

In this series of posts I'm taking you through 7 mistakes that fund investors sometimes make. By avoiding these, you'll give yourself a much better chance of arriving at your financial goals on time.

In our last post we discussed why low investment fees shouldn't be you only priority and why performance is crucial. In this post, we'll look at two more common investment mistakes, which are often closely related.

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Stock Market Summary Saturday 19th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 @ 10:21 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

Friday was an options expiration day. On these days trading volume levels are skewed making market analysis more difficult. On these days we tend to focus purely on price activity and discount volume behavior.

On Friday the Nasdaq Composite dropped to 3119 (-0.6%) during the session but then...

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Stock Market Summary Friday 18th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 @ 12:24 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.59%, trading volume increased and was a touch above average (Point A). This behavior indicates ...

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Stock Market Summary Thursday 17th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 17, 2013 @ 01:01 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.22%, trading volume decreased and was below average (Point A). This behavior is healthy.

Leading stocks action was positive.

We continue to see two things:...

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Stock Market Summary Wednesday 16th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jan 16, 2013 @ 10:16 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite pulled back 0.22% and trading volume was above average (Point A).

Even though the Nasdaq did...

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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 15th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 @ 12:27 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.26%, trading volume increased and was slightly above average (Point A). This behaviour suggests...

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Stock Market Summary Saturday 12th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 12, 2013 @ 10:46 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.12%, trading volume increased and was slightly above average (Point A). This behaviour suggests either...

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Stock Market Summary Friday 11th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Fri, Jan 11, 2013 @ 12:58 PM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.51% and trading volume increased and was slightly above average (Point A). This behaviour suggests  a second day of...

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Why low investment fees shouldn't be your only priority

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 10, 2013 @ 01:00 PM

In this new series of posts I'm going to take you through 7 mistakes that fund investors sometimes make. By avoiding these, you'll give yourself a much better chance of arriving at your financial goals on time.

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Tags: ISA investing tips, Investment strategy, Investment mistakes

Stock Market Summary Thursday 10th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 10, 2013 @ 11:53 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.45% and trading volume was average (Point A). This behaviour suggests institutional buying.

The S&P Midcap 400 index continues to lead and help provide clues to which way...

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Stock Market Summary Wednesday 9th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jan 09, 2013 @ 11:08 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.23% and trading volume was average (Point A). Although the volume did increase from the previous days officially giving us a professional distribution day, it once again...

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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 8th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Jan 08, 2013 @ 11:04 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.09% and trading volume was just below average (Point A).

Institutional investors continue to refrain from selling after last Wednesday's big market up day (Point B). This should be seen as...

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A golden ISA & SIPP investment opportunity (Part 4)

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 05, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

In this series of posts, I'm taking you through a golden ISA and SIPP investment opportunity. Quite simply, the evidence suggests that the next 5-10 years could see the market outperform and we've been looking at how you could benefit.

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Stock Market Summary Saturday 5th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 05, 2013 @ 12:10 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.04% and trading volume was average (Point A).

Institutional investors continued to refrain from selling after Wednesday's big market up day which is...

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Stock Market Summary Friday 4th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Fri, Jan 04, 2013 @ 09:29 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.38% and trading volume was average (Point A).

This was a particularly good response to...

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Stock Market Summary Thursday 3rd January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 @ 11:51 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite bullishly gapped up (Point A) and ended the day with a super impressive gain of 3.07%. Trading volume was well above average (Point B) which makes the move...

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Stock Market Summary Wednesday 2nd January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jan 02, 2013 @ 09:45 AM

There will be no Stock Market Summary today due to the markets being closed for the New Year.

The next Stock Market Summary will be published on Thursday as normal.

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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 1st January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Jan 01, 2013 @ 11:44 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

Happy New Year!

The US Senate approved a 'Fiscal Cliff' deal helping the Nasdaq to surge...

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