Stocks continued the recent rally and posted new highs for the year as recent dollar strength took a pause. Commodities also had a strong week for the most part as several markets headed higher again. (…)

Stocks have held up well in spite of strength in the US dollar and may well test new highs for the year this coming week. (…)

The recent correction in many markets has continued this week but stocks have held up well and may well test new highs for the year in the week ahead. (…)

On the whole it’s been a volatile week for most markets with some large swings seen in commodities and currencies. (…)

The news that came out of Dubai this past week wreaked havoc on the electronic markets (since US markets were officially closed electronic markets were traded around the world as Thursday was only a holiday in the US). (…)

It’s the same old story for the stock and currency markets as these markets remain within the trading ranges that have been in place for over a month now. (…)

As we have been writing for the past month, the stock and currency markets remain within the trading range that has formed over the past month and these markets remain undecided on the next move. (…)

The stock and currency markets remain within the range that has formed over the past couple of weeks and continue to be undecided on the next move. (…)

As we have been writing for several weeks, the markets have been at critical turning points and the direction for the next few weeks would likely be determined by the reaction of the markets to those key levels. (…)

As has been the case for the past couple of weeks, the stock and forex markets remain at critical points with the 1100 level the focus for the S&P 500 and the $1.50 level the critical point for the Euro/US dollar. (…)