[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets As I pointed our yesterday, sudden up moves can be ephemeral in nature, and even more so when they are based on hope and hot air. This is what we saw today when the nothing-burger, AKA the Trump-Xi non-deal, came back with a vengeance and collapsed the major indexes by over 3%. Trump …
No Trade Deal, But A Cease-Fire Propels Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Even poor economic data points such as Ford announcing 25k job cuts, or subprime auto loan issuance soaring, could not derail the no-deal Trump and Xi announcement from the G-20 meeting. The agreement to hold off with any major changes resembled a temporary truce and nothing else. The US agreed to keep the …
Approaching Resistance Levels
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The November Fed minutes revealed that a rate hike was on the horizon, but the path from then on forward was uncertain and that “monetary policy in 2019 was not on a pre-set course.” Additionally, it was made clear that the expectation of 3 hikes was “flexible” and could change, if the economic …
Fed Head Powell’s Dovish Comments Power The Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Today, only one topic mattered and that was what Fed chief had to say about interest rates. His comment that they are “just below where they won’t stimulate the economy” was enough to get the buying spree going with the major indexes scoring solidly, as the chart above shows. The Wall Street crowd …
See-Sawing Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets For most of the session, the major indexes see-sawed in and out of the red before, late in the day, cautious optimism prevailed insuring a green close. The gains were small, especially for the Nasdaq which barely crawled above the unchanged line. Despite the positive tone, SmallCaps (IWN) were not so lucky and …
Bouncing Back From Last Week’s Disaster
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After last week’s drubbing, it came as no surprise that a rebound was in order. Closely watched was the retail sector with analysts trying to gain some perspective as to the shopping traffic leading into the Holiday season. The picture was mixed, and not conclusive, as in-story traffic fell as much as 9% …