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Free Weekly Stock Market Commentary 2/6/2026

By Lawrence G. McMillan

Volatility has increased with the failure once again of $SPX to clearly break out to new all-time highs. It last made a marginal new all-time intraday high on January 28th. SPX continued to probe those highs and then fell back. That established resistance near 7000. At that point, selling accelerated, taking $SPX down to 6780 at the close on Feb 5th, from where it has bounced strongly today.

Free Weekly Stock Market Commentary 1/30/2026

By Lawrence G. McMillan

This week saw $SPX make new all-time highs once again and even cross above 7,000 for the first time in history. Was that enough to generate a clear upside breakout? No! Normally, when new highs are made especially repeatedly as they have been since November there would be some strong follow-through to the upside. That has not been the case this time around.

Free Weekly Stock Market Commentary 1/23/2026

By Lawrence G. McMillan

This past week has seen volatile moves in both directions. First, $SPX failed to capitalize on the move to new highs a week ago, and then over last (3-day) weekend, President Trump once again announced a tariff threat. That resulted in the market throwing another "tariff tantrum" on January 20th, the first trading day after the Martin Luther King holiday. But just as that was unfolding, an agreement of sorts was reached on the Greenland issue, and the market exploded upwards.

Free Weekly Stock Market Commentary 1/9/2026

By Lawrence G. McMillan

This week, $SPX traded at a new all-time high, just as it did last week. Then, it dropped -- in both cases. Normally, we'd like to see new highs confirmed by strongly positive action immediately following the day that new highs are made. That has not happened, despite mostly positive readings from our internal indicators.

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