September 2009
25 posts
Morning Market Report (September 28, 2009) →
    MONDAY SEPT 28 2009 MARKET UPDATE 2009-09-28 Stocks are indicated higher with DJIA futures up 11 to 9,630 and S&P futures up 1.4 points to 1,042.50 after news that Xerox (XRX) woudld buy ACS…
Sep 29th
Zecco Morning Reports (September 25, 2009) →
SEPT 25 2009 MARKET UPDATE 2009-09-25 Stocks are indicated slighly higher with DJIA futures up 12 points and S&P futures up 2.4 points. The US market is anticipating the pricing of Shanda Games, the…
Sep 26th
I'm Down With SEC →
It looks like the SEC is beginning to take a much stronger and more pro-investor stance in the wake of several recent financial scandals. Last Thursday, the agency took two important steps towards…
Sep 26th
Breakfast Bell By Zecco (September 24,2009) →
MARKET UPDATE 2009-09-24 After yesterday’s FOMC decision on rates, Stocks are indicating slightly higher for the US open.  European equity markets were mixed with the FTSE off .6%, the DAX down 1.1%…
Sep 25th
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (SEPT 23 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Today is going to hinge off of two issues, follow-on trading of the financial stocks and the reaction to the FOMC commentary after its 2:15 PM EST decision on interest rates.  A rate…
Sep 24th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (SEPT 21 ) →
PRE-MARKET UPDATE Stocks are getting hit this morning.  Japan is closed for a holiday through Wednesday, but most international markets were lower by close to 1%.  DJIA futures are down 0.7% and S&P…
Sep 22nd
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (SEPT 22, 2009) →
PRE-MARKET UPDATE Stocks are recovering this morning as the DJIA futures were up 0.8% and S&P futures were up 0.7% in early trading indications.  European markets were all higher as well with the…
Sep 22nd
Gold Rush →
Last week gold rose above $1000 and the financial commentators let out a big “uh-oh.” Gold has risen above $1000 a few times recently and each time it’s been tied to insecurity in the market and…
Sep 20th
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (SEPT 18, 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are flat and taking a breather.  Be advised that today is a quadruple-witching day for options expiration, and to throw a wrench in the machine this is also the start of Rosh…
Sep 18th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (Sept. 16, 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are positive again this morning on the heels of Bernanke declaring the recession over.  The DJIA futures are up almost 1% and S&P500 futures are up 0.5%.  Late morning in Europe:…
Sep 17th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (SEPT 17 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are mostly positive… again. The DJIA futures are up almost 0.1% and S&P500 futures are up 0.1%.  Late morning in Europe: FTSE was +0.8%, CAC was +0.6%, and DAX was +0.7%. Asia…
Sep 17th
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (Sept. 15, 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are mixed today ahead of retail sales data and CPI. The DJIA futures are up 0.4% and S&P500 futures are down about 0.2%.  Late morning in Europe: FTSE was flat, CAC was -0.1%,…
Sep 16th
Back to School →
The other day I dropped my five-year-old son Max off for his first day of Kindergarten at our local public school. I must say it was a really emotional moment for me. Watching him stand in line,…
Sep 15th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (Sept. 14 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are down on some fears about an Asian Trade War with China after the Obama administration implemented tariffs against tires made in China.  The DJIA and S&P500 futures are down…
Sep 15th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (September 11, 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are flat this morning after five straight days of trading higher.  The DJIA and S&P500 futures are trading flat, while Europe was higher with the FTSE up 0.7%, the DAX up 0.6%…
Sep 12th
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (SEPT 10 2009) →
Stocks are basically flat after the Bank of England kept rates steady at 0.5%.  Both the DJIA and S&P futures are effectively flat.  Nikkei was +1.95%, Hang Seng was +1.05%, and Shanghai was down…
Sep 11th
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (9-9-9) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are trading higher in the US, but only by the hair on the chin.  S&P futures were up 1 point while the DJIA futures were up a whole 5 points.  Be advised that this is an…
Sep 10th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (SEPT 8 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are firm after a long 3-day weekend.  DJIA futures are indicated up 80 points while S&P futures are indicated up about 7 points.  Germany’s DAX rose 0.4%, Britain’s FTSE 100 rose…
Sep 8th
Bullish on Big Banks →
Bank stocks surged last week led by huge trading volume of four big banks— Fannie Mae , Freddy Mac , Citigroup and Bank of America . In fact, on Tuesday of last week, these four behemoths made up 40%…
Sep 5th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (SEPT. 4, 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are firm ahead of the umeployment and non-farm payrolls data, but this number is going to be the entire direction-maker of the day.   Today’s volume will also peter out shortly…
Sep 5th
Zecco Breakfast Bell (SEPT. 3, 2009) →
PRE-MARKET UPDATE Stocks have firmed with DJIA futures up 40 points and S&P futures up 5 points.  This is on the heels of a firming overseas.  Asia was mixed with Japan down 0.6% and Hong Kong up…
Sep 3rd
Zecco Breakfast Bell (SEPT. 1, 2009) →
PRE-MARKET UPDATE Stocks are indicated lower all over again…. DJIA and S&P futures are down over 0.5% after European markets took a tumble in excess of 1% in late-morning European trading…
Sep 2nd
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (SEPT 2, 2009) →
MARKET UPDATE Stocks are stabilized this morning, alkthough without any serious bounce after two days of selling. In early trading we have both S&P and DJIA futures indicated down about 0.1%.  This…
Sep 2nd