ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, June 9, 2016 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY — since 4/4/2016 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI-green line in above chart) remains above its long term trend line (red) by +2.47% …
S&P 500 Can’t Break Through; Winning Streak Ends
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets European and Asian markets were down and so were the US major indexes, at least in the early part of the session. Then the usual afternoon Lift-A-Thon pulled the major indexes up but we still closed slightly below the unchanged line. Well, Wall Street was hoping that the S&P 500 would push …
Energy Component Top Performer For S&P 500
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The S&P 500 continued to push towards its all-time high of 2,130.82 today, as the index closed at 2,119.12. Surprising as it may seem, energy has been the main driver for the S&P 500 this year. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index energy sector is up 14.8% to date, which makes it …
Stocks Rock And Drop
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets An early rally failed but left the major indexes near multi-months highs despite a late session pullback. It looks like the computer algos continue their push towards all-time highs on no news other than that oil not only climbed above the $50/bbl level but also closed there. The fly in the ointment …
Front-running Yellen’s Yodeling
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Front-running Fed chief Yellen’s speech was the idea of the day on hopes that Friday’s bad jobs report would be great news for the markets. Forget the Dow today, it was all about the S&P 500 as it set a 2016 closing high in today’s trading, after Fed chair Janet Yellen hinted …
One Man’s Opinion: The Five Stages Of Central Bankers’ Failure
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, Central bankers not only continue to insist their free money for financiers will eventually “trickle down” to the masses–they’re angry that the masses aren’t buying it. Central bankers are now blaming the masses for maintaining a perverse psychological state of disbelief in the omnipotence of central banks and their policies. Central bankers are …