[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Market behavior can only be described as sloppy today after the minutes from the FOMC meeting showed, what only few analysts had assumed, that the effects of the Fed’s asset purchases have a diminishing effect over time. The general consensus had been that the recent tapering effort was supported by an improving …
Bounce Back Tuesday
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets U.S. stocks rallied today, helped by data showing a smaller-than-expected trade gap and gains by health-care stocks following an upgrade for UnitedHealth Group Inc. UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) +3.06% performed best among Dow components and provided a boost to the blue-chip index after Deutsche Bank upgraded the company on Tuesday to buy …
A Mixed Monday Upon Service Sector News
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets U.S. equities slipped on Monday after a mixed batch of economic reports, which showed a slowdown in growth in the U.S. services sector and a rebound in new orders for factory goods. The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector slowed for a second straight month in December with business activity …
01-06-2014
The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Monthly Review—December 31, 2013 US Equities End 2013 On A High; Dow Logs Biggest Gain In 18 Years US stocks finished 2013 with a bang with the Dow Industrial Average and the S&P 500 ending the year on a record high, making sure blue chips logged their biggest annual gains since 1995. The financial markets …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 01/03/2014
Below are the latest ETF Cutline reports, which show how far above or below their respective long-term trend lines (39 week SMA) my currently tracked ETFs/MFs are positioned. The first report covers the ETF Master List from Thursday’s StatSheet and includes 398 ETFs, of which currently 317 (last week 331) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opionion: Why Are European Banks Unwilling To Lend To Corporations?
A broadly positive outlook for 2014 doesn’t necessarily mean investors exit the fixed-income market as Friday’s data (a sharp drop in Spanish unemployment claims in December) showed Spanish government bonds could do relatively well compared to the core countries, said Georg Grodzki, Head of Credit Research at UK’s Legal & General Investment Management. The peripheral government bonds should offer some …