[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early market dump received an unexpected assist, which turned into a big intraday comeback. Unlike yesterday, when Fed head Powell uttered some soothing remarks to pull equities out of a deep hole, today, the torch was passed. It was none other than Fed Gov Lael Brainard who took center stage first and …
Another Climb Out Of A Deep Hole
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets For the past few trading sessions, it seems like I am saying the same thing every day: A positive tone in overnight trading followed by a slam down at the opening. Today was no exception, but the major indexes managed a nice comeback with only the Nasdaq remaining down by -0.50% at the …
Battling For The Unchanged Line
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite a bullish theme in last night’s futures session, the regular one saw the bears take over, and the major indexes opened to the downside, just as we’ve seen recently. The remainder of the trading day was spent climbing out of that early hole with only the Dow managing to get back to …
Aimless Bouncing
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite the Dow eking out a modest gain, the markets were lacking enthusiasm, which spread to our favorite ETFs as well. Small- and MidCaps were down along with the Nasdaq and gold. There simply was no place to hide, as the widely held Bond ETF TLT got slammed -1.57% and took out a …
Stuck In Neutral
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets This session turned out to be very similar to the last two, with the major indexes looking for direction but ending up getting stuck in a sideways pattern with not much won and not much lost. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq eked out some small gains while the Dow slipped a tad into …
Riding The Range
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Up—down—sideways—up, and down pretty much describes the journey the major indexes took today with the result being an unchanged outcome. However, the Dow squeezed out a tiny gain of +0.20%, but that move was sufficient for the index to eke out another record closing high. Not even SmallCaps, the winner YTD, were able …