Daily Market Notes
Daily Market Notes on April 9, 2012
“Everyone who was celebrating either Passover or Easter over the weekend knew they were going to be poorer come Monday if they owned stocks.” 
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Daily Market Notes on April 5, 2012
“Today, things started lower on the newfound obsession with Europe. The negative tour bus, after having left Athens, did not know where to go next. The NASDAQ is higher on Apple’s new all-time best and modest gains in old-timers Microsoft and Oracle.” 
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Daily Market Notes on April 4, 2012
“So what did the Fed say to cause everyone to get bent out of shape on the downside? They basically put forth the idea that they will hold off on increasing monetary accommodation unless economic expansion falters or inflation rises at a slower than its target 2% rate.” 
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Daily Market Notes on April 2, 2012
“The first quarter came to an end at Friday’s close, and history will record it as being an excellent one for sure, as the S&P gained 12%, its best since 1988. At the start of the second quarter today, the various stock index futures were higher on a report that Chinese manufacturing rose to the best level in a year…” 
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Daily Market Notes on March 30, 2012
“This week has been similar to last week as there was an up day to start, then three down days in the middle, then another up day to end the week.” 
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Daily Market Notes on March 29, 2012
“The villain ‘du jour’ today is the bank stocks…” 
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Daily Market Notes on March 28, 2012
“Today’s excuse for the selloff is that the February durable goods orders came in lower than expected, with a gain of 2.2% versus expectations for a 3% advance, which is not in and of itself such a tragedy…” 
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Daily Market Notes on March 26, 2012
“Various stock indexes were higher today following Fed Chairman Bernanke saying that he is encouraged by the decline in the unemployment rate…” 
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Daily Market Notes on March 20, 2012
“Certain dynamics could put roadblocks in front of the market continuing to advance in the steady, almost uninterrupted way that it has done so far this year. The first is that bond yields have now risen for the 9th straight day, up to 2.37% for the 10-year Treasury. The second impediment is the ongoing rise in crude oil prices.” 
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Daily Market Notes on March 19, 2012
“How about the calls on Apple Computer? AAPL exploded to the upside both in price and volatility as the stock hit the magic round number of $600 earlier in the week…” 
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