[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets In a few decades, historians will look back at the past 10 years and shake their heads in disbelieve at the insane Fed monetary policies that have kept markets artificially propped up, while “disallowing” any downside moves beyond a certain “acceptable” percentage. Though many erroneously attribute the current market disaster to the coronavirus, …
Plunging Deeper Into Bear Market Territory
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets With the benefit of hindsight, yesterday’s hope-based snap-back rally has now assumed the smell of a dead-cat bounce, with the major indexes getting hammered, as the Dow touched the commonly recognized bear market territory, which is a 20% drop from recent highs. A few headlines combined to eradicate any remaining bullish sentiment: Core …
A Snap-Back Rally Tanks And Then Recovers
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Another wild roller-coaster day in the markets had the Dow up 900 points early on, after which it tanked and dipped into negative territory but then went on to rebound and reached new highs for the day, after a last hour pump, as this chart demonstrates. Not that any current issues were resolved …
Panic Selling Strikes Wall Street; The Bloodbath Continues
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Watching the oil and market destructions in the future’s last night, I had a pretty good idea as to what was in store for today. The Dow plunged 2,000 points, while other indexes were down over 6% with the S&P 500 locked limit down at -5% and tumbling to -7.60% after the regular …
Down The Rollercoaster We Go; Bond Yields Collapse
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets If you thought current market behavior is simply nuts with each rally being followed by a collapse, you are correct. Despite a slightly rising tendency, the major trend direction is anything but clear and can change on a dime the next day. Today was no different, as the economic picture and the effects …
Shifting In Reverse; A New Rally Emerges
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite the markets tanking yesterday, after the Fed surprise 0.5% interest rate cut, today we saw another bounce back, which in part may have been contributed by last night’s outcome of the Democratic primary vote. Or, as one analyst quipped, maybe, just maybe, Biden’s gains mean Trump more likely to win…and that sent …