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ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. REBOUNDING ON THE LAST DAY OF THE WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After four straight days of losses, stocks finally managed to find some bullish momentum, which pulled the major indexes out of a deep hole. They still ended the week with a loss, but Wall …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. PUMPING INTO THE WEEKEND [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets If it hadn’t been for the Ramp-A-Thon over the last two trading days of the month, the S&P 500 would have ended in the red during April. The Fed’s favorite Personal Consumption Expenditure price index (PCE) rose 0.3% …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. TREADING WATER [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Today’s activity pretty much resembled how the markets fared during this entire week. It was a snooze fest with neither buyers nor sellers being motivated to act, with the result that the S&P 500 lost 4 points, or 0.1%. Yesterday, …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. WEAK RETAIL SALES VS. STRONG EARNINGS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s better than expected PPI number pushed all markets solidly in the green, but today’s weak retail sales, in the face strong bank earnings, pulled all indexes lower with stocks, bonds, and precious metals participating in …

ETF Tracker StatSheet           You can view the latest version here. CHAOS IN THE MARKETS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets February payrolls came in hotter than expected, which put the markets under pressure after the opening bell rang. 311k jobs were created, well above the consensus of 225k and higher than the hoped-for whisper number of 250k. Offsetting …