Stock Market Advance Faces Stiff Challenge from Janet Yellen Later Today

Stocks were indicating a sharply higher start for Wednesday, which marks the close of September and the calendar quarter. However, an afternoon address by Fed Chair Yellen threatens to remind us of one of our greatest stumbling blocks. I look for equities to possibly lose some of their apparent confidence as we approach the close of the day and anticipate further worrisome issues to follow. See today's report on the stock market here.

Sector Security	09-30-15 Premarket
SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY)	+1.3%
SPDR Dow Jones (NYSE: DIA)	+1.3%
PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ)	+1.5%
iShares Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM)	+1.1%
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity (NYSE: HEDJ)	+2.2%
iShares China Large Cap (NYSE: FXI)	+2.3%
iPath S&P 500 VIX (NYSE: VXX)	-4.8%
iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (NYSE: IBB)	+2.5%
Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE)	+1.2%
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF)	+0.0%
Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLK)	-0.03%

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