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ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. ANOTHER ROLLER COASTER RIDE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While Wednesday’s rebound rekindled thoughts of a Santa Claus rally, those hopes were wiped out yesterday, when the markets got clubbed and surrendered all the prior day’s gains. The S&P 500 closed yesterday exactly at Wednesday’s level. Go …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. RECESSION FEARS REIGN SUPREME [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After yesterday’s drubbing, and today’s roller coaster ride, the latter of which occurred due to a massive quadruple options expiration session, it comes as no surprise that the markets took another dive. The Dow was down as much …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. ENDING THE WEEK TO THE DOWNSIDE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s rebound now appears to have been an outlier, as the major indexes, following an early bounce, lost their mojo and dropped into the close ending a week that turned out to be the worst since …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. WHEN GOOD NEWS IS BAD NEWS—AGAIN [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets All eyes were on the jobs report this morning when November payrolls unexpectedly surprised to the upside, as 263k new jobs were created, thereby handily beating expectations of a 200k print. While that bodes well for …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. TREADING WATER [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite the tough language used by St. Louis’ Fed President Bullard yesterday, that a benchmark interest rate in the range of 5%-7% would be needed to bring down inflation, the Wall Street crowd refuses to pay attention and still lives …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. S&P 500 SCORES ITS BEST WEEK SINCE JUNE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After yesterday’s euphoric reaction to the better-than-expected CPI report, bullish momentum prevailed throughout the session, despite the bond market being closed on this Veteran’s Day. But the short squeeze was alive and well and …