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ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. DOLLAR POPS AND GOLD DROPS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The declining US dollar finally showed some signs of life and rebounded causing gold, after its torrid run, to give back some of its outsized gains. It was a choppy and sloppy day in the markets with …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. CLOSING THE WEEK WITH A BANG [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After Big Tech delivered blow-out earnings after the close yesterday, the futures market had the Nasdaq up by some 2% stoking hopes that the regular cash market would follow that bullish premise. It was not meant …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. DIGGING A HOLE AND FAILING TO CLIMB OUT OF IT [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Negative sentiment was clearly present in the futures markets with US indexes falling and Chinese stocks tumbling on increased tensions between the US and China. The tit-for-tat on forcing closures of each …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. A VOLATILE WEEK ENDS TO THE UPSIDE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Volatility continued today, but in the end the Dow added some 2.5% for the week, the S&P 500 gained around 1%, while the Nasdaq skidded near -1.4% and suffered its worst weekly underperformance relative to …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. ENDING A VOLATILE WEEK ON A POSITIVE NOTE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets This morning we saw something highly unusual in the markets, namely that the Dow and S&P quickly stormed out of an early hole, with the Nasdaq lagging, something we have not seen in a …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. DIVING INTO THE WEEKEND [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s late pump vanished in a hurry this morning, as the major indexes opened in the red, slipped but found some mid-day support, before diving into the close. News of spikes in coronavirus cases were the cause with …