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Stocks ended on the negative territory this past holiday week resulted from the weak employment report. Even though ADP employment (176k vs. 100k est.), which measured in private nonfarm payrolls, came in a lot stronger than expected, the official nonfarm payrolls (80k vs. 100k est.) were still...

Weaker economic data continued to push the bearish momentum forward; May nonfarm payrolls' (69k vs. 165k est.) disappointed the market by adding the least job in the last 12 month periods. Furthermore, consumer confidence (64.9 vs. 70.0 est.), Chicago PMI (52.7% vs. 56.8% est.), and the ISM...

Although stocks gave up some of their gains in Friday's session before the holiday long weekend, the S&P 500 had finally founded a little ground after three consecutive weekly losses. In the meantime, housing data buoy investors confidence as both existing home sales (4.62M vs. 4.60M est.) and...

Stock market continued to suffer from the Greece headline this past week, where the S&P500 fell for six straight days and posted its worst weekly return (-4.3%) since late November 2011. On the other hand, bonds market strengthened as the 10yr Treasury yield moved in coincident with weaker...

Market disappointed with the weak jobs data, even though the unemployment rate took a small step back from 8.2% to 8.1% in April, nonfarm payrolls added the least jobs ( 115k vs. 163k est.) since November 2011. Stocks gave up almost the entire gains that were generated in late April. On the...

Stock market finished slightly higher this past week as corporate earnings continued to outpace analysts' estimate. Although we are just two weeks into the earnings season, investors may turn back their focus into the economic fundamental ,where initial claims continued to exceed forecasts for...

First quarter corporate earnings were amazing as most companies reported better-than-expected results. About 19% of the S&P500 members published their numbers as of this Friday, 86% of which beat analysts' EPS consensus and 74% of the revenues numbers were on top of expectation. Even thought...

"Buy in April, Sell in May" isn't effective so far this year, stocks continued to stay under water, where the S&P500 is returning -2.63% since April started. On the other hand, the bond buyers are enjoying a cheerful time with the weak economic releases recently, the Treasury yields curve fell...

Weaker economic releases didn't cool down the steam of the bull; stocks bounced quickly after three days sharp declines in the middle of the week. Equities had been ridiculously strong so far this year, although the U.S. economic condition is still questionable as the nonfarm continued to...

Stocks pullback modestly while bonds decelerated from its initial decline; major indices finished almost flat for the week where the S&P500 down by just half a percentage lower and the Dow Jones CBOT Treasury index added only 0.4%. Commodity was the weakest asset this week as weighed on fall in...

Bonds market finished the worst week since July 2011 right before the debt ceiling due; treasury sold off across the curve, the intermediate-term yields jumped over 20bps for the week as the market continued to show better-than-expected economic data. Where initial claims (351k vs. 355k est.)...

Stocks edged higher after Tuesday's sharp decline, the S&P500 closed slightly higher for the week while the Russell 2000 bounded strongly. Employment data buoy optimistic economic trend, whereas nonfarm payrolls came in strong with 227k jobs created (vs. 213k est.) in February, meantime...

Both equities and commodities ended higher while bonds finished slightly lower in February; large cap stocks outperformed small cap stocks as the Russell 2000 lost steam last month. Looking forward, the Russell 2000 accelerated its downside momentum as we entered into March. Stock's trading...

Commodities were strengthening led by strong performance in crude oil, the GSCI made its best weekly gain in 2012. Meantime stocks and bonds finished almost flat for the week; stock traded with extremely low volume since the rally started in December (excluding the holidays session). Housing...

Stocks rose gradually back by the positive economic data. Even though January retail sales were slightly disappointed, other data continued to indicate healthy recovery signs: initial claims surprisingly fell to multi-year lows (348k vs. 368k est.), meantime the home builders' index (29 vs. 26...