We had a very interesting session today, a big opening gap down as futures were lower all evening.

Dr. Adrian Manz analyzes the major markets, stock sectors, and individual stocks for August 19.

Dr. Julie Peterson-Manz reviews the Around The Horn stock action for August 18, and presents trade ideas that still have the possibility of triggering for August 19.

If stocks are to move back to their recent highs without correcting further, it would require a lot of volume to absorb the newly created overhead supply left in the wake of the selling.

Clive Corcoran writes that the longer-term outlook seems to be favouring the US dollar against the key European cross rates.

Despite the fact that a majority of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal say the recession is already over, there is no durable recovery.

The markets snapped back today and failed to follow-through to the downside, but at the end of the day, despite the rally, the indices did nothing more than retest the resistance zones and breakdown points.