As President Obama revealed his initiative to sign new gun control Executive Actions on Jan. 4, a Congressman from Texas,Representative John Culberson, quickly swung back by submitting a letter to the Attorney General of the United States that he...

For the week ending January 1, 2016,the Dow ended 2015 as the worst year since 2008. For this past week, both the Dow and the S&P 500 ended the year in the red while the Nasdaq ended in positive territory; the Dow was down -2.23 percent, the S...

The S&P 500 saw three session losses during the past week’s holiday shortened trading week. As a result the week finished with a retreat of 0.83 percent. The weekly retreat was the index’s third loss in the past four weeks and it...

For the week ending December 25, 2015,the markets rebounded on the 'Santa Claus' rally. For this past week, the Dow was up 2.47 percent and the S&P 500 was up 2.76 percent (ending in positive territory for the year). In other news:oil...

The S&P 500 rebounded in the first three sessions before trimming gains slightly during a shortened session on Christmas Eve. The index finished 2.76% higher for the week. Although the S&P 500 finished the holiday shortened week with three...

For about four years now the world has been in the midst of a currency war that grew out of policies made by global central banks to print money through various quantitative easing programs. And as an old axiom goes, currency wars are soon...

The S&P 500 rebounded in the first three sessions before turning steeply lower in the final two sessions of the past week. The whipsaw resulted in two significant price direction changes of three percent or greater, the first in a 3.02 percent...

For the week ending December 18, 2015,the markets responded to the increase in short-term interest rates by adjusting downward. For this past week, the Dow was down -0.8 percent and the S&P 500 was down -0.3 percent. In other news:what happens...

For the week ending December 11, 2015,the markets took a beating declining the most since August as crude oil prices fell sharply. For this past week, the Dow was down -3.3 percent and the S&P 500 was down -3.8 percent. In other news:the House...

The S&P 500 saw the past week begin to retreat from the previous Friday’s rebound back into the likely resistance in the lower half of the 100 L. The index slid lower in four sessions breaking a three week winning streak with a...

Stocks started the day in positive territory but then slipped, and the decline coincided with a drop in oil prices, which also went from positive to negative. Oil prices have buckled following the breakdown of OPEC talks last week. We have a price...

Just as the U.S. government tends to institute the law differently between two sets of people or institutions, so too does Washington pick and choose whom they wish to incarcerate or kill in the ongoing War on Terror. And while the State...

For the mid-week ending December 9, 2015, the Dow and S&P 500 are down again as crude oil price drop. In other news: massive insider selling is causing market concerns; oil and gas pipeline stocks are the worst performer in the energy sector;...