The stock market indices were marginally higher today, starting the day out with a strong surge to the upside, taking out 2000 on the Nasdaq 100 and reaching 1199.20 on the S&P 500.

RBC upgraded EMC Corp. (EMC) this morning, which has helped the stock retest of its March high.

Download Adrian Manz's Around The Horn Intraday Trading Plan PDF for April 12.

Dave Landry takes a one-minute look at the stock market in his video for April 12.

In the coming week, resistance levels may play a role in market direction. However, a much bigger determinant will be the stock market's reaction to the next round of quarterly earnings reports.

Which 13 stocks are we watching this week?

With attacks on the independence of the Fed, no regulation of derivatives, and allowing banks to be too big to fail, we risk a repeat of the credit crisis.

In this week's video, Peter Reznicek has a live futures trade showing how to reverse a position at key pivots in the market.

Does anyone seriously think the feds can do a better job? These are the people who run the Post Office and Amtrak.

The stock market indices closed the week with a bang, closing up again with the Dow taking out the significant 11,000 level Friday just before the close.