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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Equities took a hit early this morning with the Dow falling over 200 points, despite a generally optimistic view of the alleged progress made with the U.S.-China trade negotiations. Casting a dark shadow on economic fundamentals was a report showing that US retail sales had simply collapsed in December (-1.2%), which resulted in …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s bullish momentum continued through the early morning when, suddenly, the trend reversed, and equities stumbled lower. The catalyst for this turnaround came from Marco Rubio, who followed through on yesterday’s threatening tweets that he will soon be filing a bill to change the taxable status of what ZH termed “the only thing …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The markets shifted into overdrive supported by nothing more than news of a tentative deal that would keep the government from being shut down for the second time this year. Of course, as we all know, Trump’s border wall funding, or rather lack thereof, had been a stinging point between Republicans and Democrats. …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was choppy trading session with the major indexes hugging their respective trend lines throughout the day. Neither big dips nor strong rallies were to be seen anywhere, as momentum in either direction was conspicuously absent. Part of this uncertainty may have been caused by a winding down of the earnings season and …