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Happy hump-day everybody. How was your Wednesday? It was a lethargic one throw stocks in most indices, although Apple (AAPL) investors have to be happy about today's action. AAPL shares jumped 6% following an impressive earnings report. Other than that though, most traders were content to hang out on the sidelines on Wednesday.

Nevertheless, we've got plenty to talk about. (We like to use the market's down-time to take care of other important business that may not otherwise be covered when stocks are hopping.)

One of those items on the agenda today is a look at some news from Featured Stock Radient Technologies (RTI).

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You have to give credit where it's due - the bulls aren't going down without a fight. On the ropes earlier today (by virtue of what was at one point a 0.6% intraday loss), the buyers struck back and cut the S&P 500's loss for the day to only 0.16%. That was enough to push the large cap index back above the critical 20-day moving average line, which in turn is enough to give investors hope. Is it a false hope? That remains to be seen. The bulls lived to fight another day though, and sometimes that's enough to build on.

We'll look at it in some detail below (as we usually do), but first we've got another round of news from our Featured Stocks. Today's newsmakers are Viva Entertainment Group (OTTV) and Lexaria Bioscience (LXRP, CNSX:LXX).

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Howdy friends and fellow traders, and welcome back from the weekend. Of course, given the market's poor performance today, I'm sure many of us would have just preferred to make it a three-day weekend. It is what it is though, and frankly, it shouldn't come as a real surprise to anyone. We've said for weeks now the market has gotten a little ahead of itself. This is the price you pay for that runup.

Even so, it's not like the bears dealt a real death blow. All the major indices remain above key technical support levels, so there's still a distinct possibility Monday's lull was just a one-day breather.

We'll look at it all in detail below, as we usually do. The first thing we want to do on Monday is pass along some news we got from three of our Featured Stocks. In no particular order...

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Hello friends and fellow traders, and welcome to the weekend. And what a week it was! Like him or not, there's no denying our new President got a whole lot done in a short amount of time. Most everyone is trying to play catch-up with what he's put into motion and what it may mean to us... as investors, and as citizens.

That's a long-term discussion though. In the short run, the market's going to do what the market's going to do, and that may or may not jibe with the long-term outlook.

And if you want to know what we think's going to happen in the near term, we're leaning bearishly.

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You're already in financially good shape, or darn close to it. You're just looking to generate the best ROI you can with what you already have. Bonds aren't going to do it, and neither are the anemic interest rates your bank is offering you right now. And, although real estate is always going to appreciate in value, our own independent research suggests even the value of real estate is on the verge of settling down in a big way.