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It was an odd day for the market averages. Stocks fell at the open only to slowly work into the positive territory (other than the Nasdaq) as the trading
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U.S. payrolls rose by 256,000 in December which was quite a bit higher than the 155,000 that analysts had expected. The unemployment rate also fell to 4
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It was a quiet day for stocks as the 10-year Treasury note finally settled back a little in yield giving traders a bit of relief. As we have pointed out
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The bond market continues to be the catalyst for many of the stock market moves we have seen lately. Today, interest rates continued higher on stronger
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Stocks got off to a nice start this morning, but as the trading session wore on the market averages continued to give up some of the gains. Again, a
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The first trading day of the new year was quite volatile as stocks moved higher at the open, fell firmly into negative territory then recovered some