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ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. REALITY DOMINATES OPTIMISM [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Optimistic traders, who followed the latest firehose of news headlines and pushed the major indexes higher at the opening, had to face reality eventually, because actual happenings erased the early enthusiasm. Not helping matters was the fact that the …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Another crazy day on Wall Street had equities swinging wildly, although with reduced magnitude. In the end, the major indexes crawled back but failed to reach their respective unchanged lines. Every directional turn appears to be headline driven, as the bulls and bears continue to slug it out. Failed peace talks between Russia …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It had to happen eventually, and today was the day. After 4 days of taking a beating, equities finally found a reason to rally, as questionable as it may turn out to be. One analyst linked it to the adage “buy the rumor, sell the fact,” but in this case it turned into …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Sometimes you just simply must step back and watch in awe how current markets trade like a penny stock when it comes to volatility. Yesterday, equities were simply spanked all day, which continued this morning as the Dow sank some 200 points and bounced around below its unchanged line. A sudden burst of …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets I noted my surprise on Friday that equities had not been more negatively affected by the geopolitical events, but that notion seemed to have changed today. One look at the S&P 500 chart above tells the story that the bears ruled supreme and, at least for the time being, won the tug-of-war against …