Jani Ziedins

The S&P 500 gapped under 4,400 support yesterday morning and kept going as Wednesday’s fear trade continued. By the time it was all said and done, the index finished down a dreadful -1.7%. That was...

The S&P 500 shed 1% after the Fed kept interest rates unchanged. That non-move was widely expected, so stocks were not responding to the September rate decision but to what the Fed said about the...

The S&P 500 finished Tuesday’s session off a modest 0.2%. Not bad, considering the index was down nearly 1% in midday trade. All eyes are on the Fed’s meeting. While there is near universal agreement...

The S&P 500 tumbled -1.2% Friday on relatively benign headlines. We got some decent economic headlines from China, while the UAW hit The Big Three with targeted strikes. While the UAW strikes have...

The S&P 500 rebounded another 0.7% Monday after nothing terrible happened over the weekend. Headlines remain benign, and that means this continues to be a sentiment trade. Since sentiment trades don’t...

The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Thursday, making this the third losing session in a row, and the index opened low enough to have given back all of last week’s impressive gains. As they say, easy come, easy...

The S&P 500 tumbled 0.8% Tuesday as it undercut both the 50dma and 4,450 support in midday trade. While an afternoon bounce reclaimed 4,450, it wasn’t enough to get the index back above the 50dma. I...

The S&P 500 slipped 0.15% Thursday, ending a four-day winning streak. After rallying 150 points over a handful of days, it shouldn’t surprise anyone the market wanted to take a breather. And as far...

The S&P 500 added 0.4% on Wednesday, making it four winning sessions in a row. Headlines haven’t changed in a meaningful way, and in fact, some weaker-than-expected economic news came out over the...

The S&P 500 popped 1.5% on Tuesday as the index put the screws to the bears. There were some minor economic headlines, but certainly nothing worthy of launching the index through the 50dma and 4,450...