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Happy Friday morning,

Progress toward reopening the U.S. economy and the development of an effective treatment for the coronavirus helped boost the equity

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Good morning,

The Dow and S&P 500 tracked about flat most of the day yesterday that is until the last hour of trading when both indices declined rapidly.  At

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Good morning,

The U.S. equity markets were in strong rally mode for most of the day yesterday, at least until the final hour of trading when Federal Reserve

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Happy Cinco de Mayo,

The Dow and S&P 500 tracked in the red most of the day yesterday, but staged a late-day rally to end in positive territory.  The Dow

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Good Monday morning,

Coming off a stellar performance in April, the markets received rather dismal news on earnings from some of the mega-cap tech giants. 

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Happy May Day,

Following March’s historic stock market decline into bear territory, April’s double-digit rebound was certainly welcomed by all investors. 

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Good morning,

The U.S. equity markets remained in rally mode yesterday on the continued positive outlook for the successful use of Gilead Science’s anti

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Happy Wednesday morning,

In the absence of any substantive news in the coronavirus or economics arena, the U.S. equity markets started strong yesterday but

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Happy Tuesday,

Yesterday, the U.S. equity markets extended their gains from Friday.  At day’s end, the Dow, S&P 500 and the NASDAQ gained 358.51 (+1.51%), 41

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Good Monday morning,

Last Friday saw some solid gains in the U.S. equity markets.  The Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ gain 259.97 (+1.11%), 38.94 (+1.39%) and 139

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Happy Friday!

In another volatile day, the U.S. equity markets ended little changed.  Rising oil prices and some states reopening their economies added the

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Good Thursday morning,

The U.S. equity ended a two-day losing streak yesterday by posting some pretty impressive gains.  The Dow, S&P 500 and the NASDAQ

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Certain sections of this commentary contain forward-looking statements that are based on our reasonable expectations, estimates, projections, and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. All indices are unmanaged and are not available for direct investment by the public. Past performance is not indicative of future results.