News that the captive British sailors were to be pardoned drove oil prices sharply lower today and the futures of stock prices went from red to green. Even so, the shadow of a slowing economy stifled enthusiasm for higher stock prices. With the modest increase in the Price of…

Easing tensions in the Middle East caused oil prices to move sharply lower early in the day, sending stock prices sharply higher at the open. Stock prices were further boosted by news that an obscure indicator, pending home sales, moved higher in March. News of lower auto and truck…

A weaker-than-expected Manufacturing Report was offset by major merger news allowing stocks to rise slightly higher today. However, with three yellow lights and a DnUp situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks at this time.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it evolves…