The choppy trends in the stock market continue this week. The primary indices
closed out Monday up, then fell lower Tuesday. Final close for the primary
indices ended this day mixed. Investors are feeling mixed right now. Cue from
the global marketplace are mixed right now. It is difficult for investors on
Wall Street to process the information and decipher any lucid direction. The Dow
Jones Industrial Average ended the day in the green as did the S&P 500. The
Nasdaq ended red. Specifically, the DJIA finished out today on the positive side
of breakeven by .04 percent at 11,410.21. The Nasdaq was red by .47 percent at
2,511.48 and the S&P 500 was green by .09 percent at 1,193.89. Quarterly earning
results posted better than expected this morning from Target, and other
companies also posted better than expected earnings data. Some noteworthy names
with positive earnings results stemmed from Abercrombie & Fitch, American
Express and Coca Cola. Companies in the tech sector posted weaker than expected
reports. The mixed messages resulted in mixed trends today. In addition to the
mixed reports on the earnings front, cues from overseas were mixed as well.
European stocks and Asian markets posted mixed results earlier today and this
action had a hand in directing trends in the U.S. marketplace. American Express
was one company able to overcome the uncertainty this day. According to google
finance stock quotes, American Express ended the day in the green. AXP finished
the day higher by 2.16 percent at 45.86. The global service provide was able to
rise above competitor stock performance, such as Visa Inc. and Capital One,
today. Frank Matto
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