[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Sure, why not? Manufacturing is in a clear recession and the services economy is about to follow, but the short squeeze continued late in the day with the computer trading algos pushing the indexes another notch higher towards the 2,000 level on the S&P 500. To my way of thinking, the markets …
Second Day Of March Modest At Most
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets After posting its best start to March ever on signs the U.S. economy is perking up, U.S. stocks managed modest gains and the Nasdaq exited correction territory as investors digested the latest upward move and Super Tuesday results. Tuesday’s rally, which was powered in part by incoming economic data that allegedly suggests that recession fears …
When Bad News Is Good News And Good News Is Great News
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets As I was scanning the early news on MarketWatch, I cam across the headline “Wall Street gains as weak data spurs stimulus,” which was later removed and replaced with “Wall Street surges as data points to economic recovery” confirming that according to MSM bad news is good news and good news can …
Dow Is Only Index To Stay Above Water In February
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks ended February on a sour note as oil prices rose and “the” meeting of G20 finance officials ended without pledges for joint action to stimulate sagging global economic growth. As I mentioned on Friday, chances are great that useless jawboning without concrete results or resolutions is as good as it gets. The …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 02/26/2016
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 381 ETFs, of which currently 55 (last week 48) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Does A Strong Labor Market In The US Mitigate Recession Risks?
Recessionary fears in the US are a little overworked, said Doug Gordon, Senior Portfolio Manager for Tactical Asset Allocation Strategies at Russell Investments. Recessionary fears were justified may be two months ago, but the strength of the US labor market including the strong payroll gains in the past three months and comparatively lower weekly unemployment claims numbers indicate resilience. To …