Stocks traded lower last week as global drama dominated the front pages with continued unrest in Libya and the Middle East and a horrific earthquake and tsunami causing devastation in Japan. A disappointing Jobless Claims report Thursday morning certainly didn’t help stocks. For the week the S&P 500 was down 1.28%, the Nasdaq 100 was 2.57% lower, and the Bank of New York Mellon ADR Index led major index ...

 DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE REPORT HERE SUMMARY: Stocks resumed their winning ways last week as the S&P 500 added another 1.38% and is not far from its 2011 highs, while the Dow Jones Industrials and the Nasdaq 100 each achieved fresh multi-year highs. Major indexes were led on the week by the S&P Midcap and S&P Smallcap indexes, up 2.09% and 1.94% respectively. As we have said many times, we like to ...

DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE REPORT HERE SUMMARY: Stocks extended their winning streak to five weeks in a row last week capped off by a big gain Friday, as investors celebrated a much better than expected payrolls report.Major indexes were led higher on the week by the S&P Smallcap Index, up 4.21%, the Nasdaq Composite, up 3.16%, and the S&P Midcap Index, up 3.09%. As we have said many times, we like to se ...

John Thomas Financial Chief Analyst Wayne Kaufman discusses the market rally on CNBC [video id="LfFr_azVyOc" type="youtube"] ...

Earnings season got off to a lackluster start but has improved.  Three-hundred fifty eight of the S&P 500 have reported fourth quarter numbers, and so far 63.9% have surpassed estimates, 9.8% have been in line, and 26.3% have disappointed.  It is impressive that stocks rallied so strongly in spite of what started out as weak numbers.  Third quarter earnings season ended with 69.0% exceeding expectations ...