The indices suffered a nasty slide to end the week. After some early morning vacillation, they rolled over hard around 10:30 and just kept going.

The market had a very strong snapback rally on Thursday from a deeply oversold condition.

The markets had a nasty follow-through to yesterday’s down session, and basically spent the entire day stair-stepping lower, closing very close to the lows for the day.

The indices closed mostly lower today, with the Dow managing to keep its head above water and closing in the plus column as the only index to do so.

The indices started the week on a negative note, but it sure was different in the morning.

The indices ended with a bang on Thursday, but they started out much differently.

And now, with their $2 trillion in national savings, they’re going on a buying spree. But unlike Americans in the Bubble Epoque, the Chinese aren’t buying cheap consumer goods.

The indices had an extremely interesting session. The rally continued early on as the indices exploded after positive Wells Fargo (WFC) earnings came out along with earnings by several other companies.

The indices moved lower today, but they did recover in the last half of the session to pare the losses.