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Brad Sullivan Daily Market Commentary Posted 08:55 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday September 5, 2006 The index markets, particularly the large cap laden DJIA and SPX produced another solid day of buying on the heels of an employment report that came in just as anticipated. Volume flows...

Brad Sullivan Daily Market Commentary Posted 08:10 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday August 8, 2006 FOMC DAY... The index markets continue to trade cautiously ahead of today's crucial FED announcement on interest rates and its policy intentions moving forward. The majority of...

Brad Sullivan Daily Market Commentary Posted 08:25 CST Equity Index Update Monday July 24, 2006 The index markets suffered another bout of selling during Friday's expiration as the Russell 2000, MidCap 400 and NDX led the way lower. All told, the session was highlighted by aggressive...

Brad Sullivan Daily Market Commentary Posted 07:40 CST Equity Index Update Thursday July 20, 2006 Mr. Bernanke silenced critics with dovish testimony and forecasts of a perfect soft landing for the U.S. economy in the future...of course, what was he going to say? That the FED has raised...

Brad Sullivan Daily Market Commentary Posted 08:25 CST Equity Index Update Friday July 7, 2006 The index markets received the news the bulls were looking for this morning with the employment reading coming in at +121k verus consensus estimates of +175,000. Initially, the SPU surged to...

Brad Sullivan Daily Market Commentary Posted 07:50 CST Equity Index Update Wednesday July 5, 2006 The index markets continued to build upon the Bernanke led rally from last Thursday's FOMC statement during Monday's abbreviated trading session. Volume flows were very light with the 4th...

Brad Sullivan Daily Market Commentary Posted 08:35 CST Equity Index Update Thursday June 22, 2006 The index markets rallied sharply through the late morning into early afternoon trading hours yesterday, however, late session selling produced some questions as to the move's durability...

Posted 07:20 CST Equity Index Update Monday June 19, 2006 The index markets gave back a significant portion of their outsized gains from Thursday's rally. The early tone was set from St. Louis Fed President Poole's hawkish tones on the inflation front. Accordingly, buyers never really...

Posted 08:30 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday May 30, 2006 The index markets produced decent gains on shallow volume during Friday's pre-holiday session. Institutional activity was bordering on non-existent after 10:00cst. This morning, the indices are called to open lower with the SPM...

Posted 10:05 CST Equity Index Update Wednesday May 24, 2006 "One minute you're up half-a-million in soybeans, the next they've repossessed your Bentley and your kids can't go to college." So was the tale for those long the index markets yesterday afternoon. For the second session in a...

Posted 08:45 CST Equity Index Update Thursday May 18, 2006 The index markets were so thoroughly battered yesterday that there is nothing substantive I could possibly add in terms of color. The fact were simple as breadth and volume figures were in line with those of a "puke" in nature...

Posted 07:00 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday May 16, 2006 The index markets staged a late session recovery to settle moderately higher in the large cap contracts - SP and DJIA. The ND, Midcap and Russell 2000 finished with moderate losses as sellers continue to focus on selling the...

Posted 08:30 CST Equity Index Update Monday May 15, 2006 The index markets suffered through another day of liquidation on Friday. The Midcap and small caps were hit the hardest as momentum players bailed out of these issues. Large cap technology remained for sale as the NDX settled in...

Posted 08:50 CST Equity Index Update Thursday April 27, 2006 The index markets were unable to build on a strong opening bid and settled mostly around the unchanged levels. The lone exception was the DJIA, which finished higher by +0.6% at 11,354, establishing a new closing high for 2006...

Posted 08:55 CST Equity Index Update Wednesday April 26, 2006 The index markets continued their recent downdraft yesterday as the indices focused on the sharp rise in long dated treasury yields. All told, the large caps felt the brunt of the pain, while a large buy program near the close...