Tag: Stock Market

Every investor in the stock market should be able to better understand their investments, and the easiest way to be able to do so is to read the language of stock market charts. All stock market charts have one simple goal; to graphically depict the movement of stocks, mutual funds or an index that investors are likely to put their money into. These stock market charts can be availed free of charge simply by searching for it online and even in real time if they were to only look around for it for a little bit. But all said and done, the internet is the best and quickest place to find free charts for you to read into. Simply put, there is a great deal of volatility in the stock markets and it is always a challenge to unravel even for the most experienced heads. Indeed, in order to better help investors, there are a lot of tools that have been created with sole intention of better predicting  [...]

The week started on a positive note with Dow reaching its highest level in more than a year. The markets were helped by a strong housing report and increase in commodity prices. The Dow Jones industrial average increased by a huge 133 points( 1.2%) to end at 10,450.95 points. This is Dow’s highest level since October 2, 2008. In early trading Dow increased by 177 points to reach 10,495.61 which is the highest trading level since Oct. 3, 2008. Other indices also showed an increase.  The Nasdaq increased by 30 points (1.4%) to close at 2,176.01.The S&P 500 increased by 15 points(1.4%) to close at 1,106.24. Since reaching its 12 year low on March 9 the Dow has increased by approximately 60% while Nasdaq and S&P have increased by 69% and 64% respectively. Sector wise all sectors registered gain on Monday with Telecom, Technology and Energy gaining the most of 1.6%. Other sectors  [...]

On Wednesday the Dow increased by 44 points (0.4%) to close at 10,291.26. Other indices like S&P and Nasdaq also showed a gain. With an increase of 6 points S&P closed at 1,098.51 while Nasdaq composite closed at 2,166.90 registering an increase of 16 points. Sector wise nine of the 10 major sectors registered a gain on Wednesday with the Utilities being the only sector to register a marginal fall of 0.3%. The sectors which gained include Financials(up by 1.4%), Materials (up by 0.9%), Technology (up by 0.6%), Consumer Discretionary (up by 0.5%), Industrials (up by 0.5%), Consumer Staples (up by 0.3%), Telecom (up by 0.2%), Health Care (up by 0.2%) and Energy (up by 0.1%). The factors which till yesterday drove the markets were very much at play further helping the market on its upward path. Yesterday Fed again reinforced the fact that the economy is on a recovery path and that  [...]

Is this the calm before the storm or after the storm. That’s what investors and analysts seemed to be debating on Tuesday. Tuesday was a mixed day for stock market with the indices increasing at time and falling later clearly showing that investors are being cautious after Monday’s rally when the Dow reached its highest level in 13 months. On Tuesday indices more or less settled in a mixed fashion. The Dow Jones industrial average finally closed at 10,246.97 up by 20 points. Other important indices like S&P and Nasdaq Composite however showed a marginal decline. The S&P 500 declined by 1 point to end at 1,093.01 while the Nasdaq composite declined by 3 points to close at 2,151.08. This was expected as after a rally like on Monday there are normally pullbacks. Many analysts feel that this lack of direction in the market is mainly on account of no major economic news this week  [...]