[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The market got an unexpected assist, which prevented a continuation of yesterday’s slide; at least for the time being. Retail sales surged in July, but that does not mean all is well, as these surges in the past have been followed by contractions. But for this moment in time, it was a positive …
Mayhem In The Markets: Stocks Get Hammered As Roller Coaster Continues—Sell Signals On Deck
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s attempt by Trump to put some lipstick on the trade pig, via a possible delay of certain tariffs, now seems to have had only a one-day effect with global realities taking front and center. Newly released data shows a worrisome development regarding economic growth with China and Europe’s economic powerhouse Germany both …
Dangling The China Carrot—Markets Recover
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Again, it was a trading day that had me shaking my head. After yesterday’s drubbing, with the Dow losing close to 400 points, an explosive rebound sent the major indexes back into rally mode wiping out just about all of yesterday’s losses. It was a headline, that the speed-reading computer algos interpreted …
Buybacks And A Short-Squeeze Drive The Rebound
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Two forces combined to pull the markets out of the doldrums after Monday’s drubbing. For one, we saw corporate buybacks pick up speed, and two, a giant short-squeeze, now its third day, threw an assist to push the S&P 500 slightly above last Friday’s close. Both, the Nasdaq and S&P are back in …
An Early Dump Is Followed By A Late Pump
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The markets lucked out, as an early sharp sell-off found some footing, after which buyers stepped in to scoop up assets at lower prices with all losses being wiped out by the end of the session. Whether that was just a one-day outlier, or a resumption of the bullish trend, remains to be …
Solid Relief Rally Wipes Out A Chunk Of Yesterday’s Losses
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While the initial morning rebound faded mid-day, buyers stepped in subsequently and pushed the major indexes out of the doldrums and into a solid green close. Helping matters was China stabilizing the problem child that caused yesterday’s panic selling, namely the Juan. The PBOC (China’s main bank) fixed the Juan at 6.9683 per …