Market Surges to 2-Month High--Why?

By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

Banks are the Market's Ball-and-Chain

By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

The Market Gives Back . . .

By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

One-Day Bounce or Return to the Bulls?

by David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

Earnings Season is the Key

by David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

Fed Walks Fine Line Between the Short-Term & Long-Term

by David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

Perhaps it was the new senator from Massachusetts who let the bears out, but I suppose it was a bit more than that. When the week began on Tuesday, after the Martin Luther King holiday, the bulls were grazing happily on GARP stocks, as contented as California cows.  But then somebody opened that gate, and the bears roared through and the bulls ran for cover.

Last week brought us murk and fog in an otherwise bright New Year. All style/caps were down for the week, though not drastically. The worst was Small-cap Growth (- 1.12%); the best was Large-cap Growth (-0.6%); and the rest crowded between these uninspiring returns. But given the tremendous amount of cash on the sidelines, the market seems unlikely to turn disastrous.

by David Brown, Chief Market Strategist

David Brown