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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4 questions DIY investors need to ask (part 2)

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Dec 29, 2012 @ 01:00 PM

In the second part of this two part blog series, we are going to look at the final two questions DIY investors need to ask themselves each and every day.

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Stock Market Summary Saturday 29th December 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Dec 29, 2012 @ 11:49 AM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq fell 0.86% on below average volume (Point A). The good news is volume levels did drop off from the previous days.

Even though the US technology index ended up in the red, it still...

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Stock Market Summary Friday 28th December 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Fri, Dec 28, 2012 @ 10:57 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq fell 0.14% on below average volume (Point A).

As we mentioned yesterday, trading levels are always thin this time of year due to the holiday season.

Even though the US technology index ended up in the red, it was down as much as 1.3% during yesterday's session. To close out the day with a miniscule loss is...

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Stock Market Summary Thursday 27th December 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Dec 27, 2012 @ 01:14 PM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq fell 0.74% on below average volume (Point A). Trading levels were tame due to the holiday season.

The drop pushed the US technology index back below the 3000 level however for now it is sitting on its 50 day moving average and its 200 day moving average which should...

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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 25th December 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Dec 25, 2012 @ 11:07 AM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq fell 0.28% on below average volume (Point A).

Volume was extremely tame due to Monday being a half day session.

The good news is that...

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4 questions every DIY investor needs to ask (part 1)

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Dec 22, 2012 @ 01:00 PM

Paul and I were recently speaking to a DIY investor and what he had to say was extremely interesting. He told us about a time when he used a ‘tip’ from a newspaper to pick a fund for his ISA and SIPP portfolio. The tip came from what the investor thought was a credible source and he explained how he was extremely pleased that he’d received a valuable recommendation at such a low price.

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