[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Sometimes you just have to laugh at some of the market idiocy. Today, we had such a moment when Moderna (MRNA), who issued a press release on Monday, which I discussed, as to how 8 healthy young people did not die when given their latest vaccine. The obvious stock pump turned into a …
Levitating Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Today, upbeat quarterly earnings results from Target and Lowe’s set a positive tone and sent the major indexes to 10-week highs. However, as soon as news of a bill to delist Chinese companies from the US exchanges cleared the senate, equities came off their best levels of the day. The focus remained predominantly …
Vaccine Stock Moderna Pops And Then Drops
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While the jury is still out whether we’re experiencing a bear market bounce or have moved into a new bullish cycle, I was surprised to read that two-thirds of fund managers are saying we’re still in a bear market rally. I agree with that but will change my mind once our Trend Tracking …
A One-Two Punch Rockets Markets Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The futures started things out by rallying sharply based on Europe data showing new corona virus cases growing at the slowest rate in months. That was followed by the US markets jumping right after the opening bell, because of drug maker Moderna announcing positive early results from its first human trial of its …
Bounce Back Thursday
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The Dow managed to recover from a sharp opening tumble of some 400 points to reverse and close higher by 377 points, which makes this an intra-day range of almost 800 points. The other two major indexes followed a similar pattern but lagged in magnitude and performance. That means we’re back to where …
Slumping And Dumping
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early market slump turned into a full-blown dump, as it appeared that the major indexes were struck by a dose of reality and, for a change, the headline scanning computer algos interpreted bad news as bad news. Even though we saw a last 30-minute pump, it only reduced the amount of damage …