[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It was a sea of red numbers crashing on world equities as Wall Street notched a third straight day of losses with the Dow plunging 358 points. When the markets closed today, the Dow sat below 17,000 for the first time since Oct. 29 last year. Fear is still percolating throughout the …
Fed Fed Fed Was All The News Today
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The ticking sounds of the countdown clock to the Fed’s interest rate hike are getting louder it seems. The stock market closed lower today after minutes from the Fed’s last policy meeting showed the central bank was “approaching” its first rate hike in nearly a decade. Rates near 0% and cheap borrowing …
Markets Still Moving Sideways; Housing Continues To Perform
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Equities closed lower today after a big earnings miss from Walmart (WMT) and continued concerns over China’s capital markets. All three major indexes here in the U.S. lost and gave back some of Monday’s gains. Investors were cautious in their trading all day after Walmart reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.08, which …
Equities Rebound From Early Drop
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The major indexes overcame an early drop, with the S&P 500 visiting the 2,079 level, at which point the bulls took over and managed to push the index back above the 2,100 mark. Homebuilders were the leaders, although volume was extremely light with anxiety being present about the intentions of the Fed …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 08/14/2015
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 410 ETFs, of which currently 152 (last week 143) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opionion: Will The Fed Delay The Rate Hike To Avoid Importing Deflation From China?
The recent devaluation of the Chinese Yuan is a reason for worry because it’s a huge event, said Joachim Fels, global economic advisor at PIMCO. Two major economies, the US and China were willing to let their currencies appreciate, which allowed the rest of the world to export their deflation. Since China just decided to jump ship, Beijing’s own deflationary …