Welcomes to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets are coming of the largest single day gains since early September. Depending on which analysts have the airways the move was due to an extreme oversold condition while others point to the growing confidence in a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are suggesting a positive open this morning after Friday’s sharpest one day drop in nearly four months. Market participants will be starting the week off with no economic data releases putting the focus on earnings and U.S. politics. Headlines in the Euro Zone will have a stronger impact on U.S. markets as well.
Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. equity futures are suggesting lower open on final session of the week, weak Google (GOOG, quote) results dampened investor expectations for the remaining earnings season, especially those names in the tech sector.
Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets this week start off behind the eight ball as markets come off their largest weekly losses in 4 months. Market participants find themselves about to embark into the fast lane of earnings season with the S&P 500 at a low point not seen since last month on the September 4. The tech heavy NASDAQ is worse off sitting on a low
Welcome to Thursday’s Morning Coffee Break – As we count down the final two sessions of the week U.S. indexes are on pace for the largest weekly drop since week ending on June 1st. Will bulls be able to muster the first daily gain this week for S&P 500 and NASDAQ?
Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. market participants sold Tuesday’s session making it the largest one day drop since August 23 it’s also the last time the Dow Jones index has seen a 1% drop in 6 years. The NASDAQ has not seen this large of loss since June 25.
Welcome to Tuesday’s Morning Coffee Break – Happy anniversary Mr. Market! Today 5 years ago marks the closing highs for both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes. It also marks the start of the downward move during the subsequent financial crisis.
Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – As market participants prepare for the final session of week and as traders prepare to close out the first week of the 4th quarter traders find the markets walking a thin line. As of yesterday’s close U.S. markets appear to be on track for their first positive week in 3 weeks. However, as the aforementioned thin line markets could swing to either side
Welcome to Thursday’s Morning Coffee Break – market participants will need to navigate several market directional influences today. The S&P 500 index has gains for 3 straight sessions with today’s futures suggesting a positive open once again.
Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets start the third session of the week after two straight days of uneven trading. One positive take away from yesterday’s session was the break in the final hour sell off that has persists the last few weeks.
