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ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. DOW CLOSES WEEK WITH NEW RECORD [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While the S&P 500 missed out on its 8th straight day of advances, the Dow powered ahead and eked out a new record high, thereby imitating yesterday’s S&P accomplishment. The latter surrendered -0.11%. The Nasdaq was …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. EARNINGS SEASON POWERS EQUITIES [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Earnings season started with a bang yesterday, after some better-than-expected results unleashed bullish sentiment and sent the major indexes higher. Eight members of the S&P 500 beat Wall Street’s expectations, which set the positive tone for Thursday. That …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. FLAT FOR THE DAY BUT HIGHER FOR THE WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was a good news bad news scenario as the latter, namely a disappointing jobs report faced the former, that is optimism about the short-term debt ceiling bill, which has pushed the ultimate …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. STORMING INTO OCTOBER [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After a swan dive onto the last trading day of September, a month during which the S&P 500 surrendered almost 5%, October started with a bang, after some initial choppiness was overcome. The major indexes found upward momentum and …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. PUKING INTO THE WEEKEND [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Another opening bounce in the markets turned out to be fake with the major indexes hitting the skids and not only diving into the weekend but also closing at the lows of the session with breadth worsening. This …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. EKING OUT ANOTHER WIN [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets All eyes were focused on today’s jobs report, which turned out to be a huge disappointment with only 235k jobs being added during August, a far cry from the expected 725k. As Zero Hedge explained, this number was …