March 13th, 2012 Market Recap with a Look at Market History

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Today JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon shared the good news that his bank had passed the stress tests, fueling further market gains late afternoon. The bank also announced it will raise its quarterly dividend to 30 cents and buy back $12 billion worth of stock. The stock finished the day up 7%. Four of 19 banks failed the stress test: Citigroup, SunTrust Capital, Ally, and MetLife.

The Nasdaq vaulted 1.9%, reaching its highest since November 2000, and Apple stock (AAPL) had another big day, adding 2.9% as shares closed at $568.10 which is yet another record high. The company now boasts a market cap of nearly $530 Billion.

March 12th, 2012 Market Recap, iWallet, and US Deficit

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Not much of a day for the market. Volume was extremely low overall and there was little volatility. We are sitting just under 3000 on the NASDAQ and perhaps some horizontal action will now be in the cards. I can't help but wonder though, was last week's two day sell down really it?

March 8th, 2012 Market Recap

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Another lower than average volume move up today puts us right back at where we started the week. The losses from two days ago have been completely recovered, and both indices are back above their 10 day moving averages.

The only concern with this is that volume was lower across the board. However, nowadays anything goes so volume aside the market has successfully retraced its steps and found fresh strength. Unless we fall back below the 10 MA tomorrow, we should expect a re-test of ast week's highs sometime next week.

March 7th, 2012 Market Recap & Hello iPad 3

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The market rebounded today, albeit on lower volume, as it filled yesterdays gap range then settled close to its intraday highs.

Markets aside, the talk of the day was the new 3rd generation iPad, which Apple did not introduce with a formal title. So is it the iPad 3, the iPad HD, or just the New iPad? Regardless of its title,  it boasts some pretty slick improvements including a 2048x1536 Retina display,  a faster processor, more memory, better graphics, 1080p video recording, dictation support, and 4G LTE connectivity.

March 6th, 2012 Market Recap - Market Upswing Ends

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The market finally confirmed it has topped, atleast for the immediate future, as an early morning gap down was followed up with further sell pressure throughout the day. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 both fell over 1% marking their largest losses of the year. Volume was heavier across the board.