This week’s primary influence has been deeply rooted in speculation over stress test results as well as the flood of earnings reports that, so far, indicate that profits are on the rise. These mixed signals have been too much for the Dow to bear. The index was sent back and forth between positive and negative territories. Within the last hour of the trading day, the Dow plummeted off of 60 point gains to end the day down more than 80. Nevertheless, the market may remain range bound until the entire earnings season has played out and all stress tests have been made public. Until this time we may be subject to a constrained trading pattern. The currency markets choose the pound to be the big loser of the day. Otherwise, the dollar rallied against the commodities currencies but fell against the yen and euro.