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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The U.S.-China trade deal carrot, which has been dangled over the markets on many occasions in order to elicit a bullish response, moved to center stage again, as reports surfaced that a deal was 90% done. Of course, as we’ve seen in the past, there were no definitive announcements, but merely hope that …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After rallying the past four trading days, it was time to take a breather with the major indexes traveling aimlessly around their respective trend lines. The S&P 500 closed unchanged, the Dow dropped -0.30%, while the Nasdaq managed to squeeze out +0.25%. Bonds were on the mend with the 10-year yield dropping backing …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After closing out March on a positive note, April started with a bang, as the major indexes sported gains above 1%. The only fly in the ointment was a sharp spike in interest rates with the 10-bond shooting up almost 11 basis points to close at 2.5%, which kept the conservative ETFs in …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early bounce gave way to selling with the S&P 500 touching its hard fought 2,800 level, before bullish sentiment prevailed and pulled all 3 major indexes out of the doldrums and into a green close. Nevertheless, it was a choppy session with support coming from the dangling trade carrot which, on many …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While the major indexes opened in the green, the time spent above their respective unchanged lines was cut short, as sellers took charge and drove equities straight south supported by lower global growth expectations. As luck would have it, things turned around mid-day, as we’ve seen many times before, and a slow but …