[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets In the face of poor economic news, the Fed did the expected by hiking interest rates 0.25% and set plans in motion to shrink its $4.5 trillion balance sheet reflecting the view that “an economic expansion now entering its ninth year no longer needs so much propping up.” They also appeared to stick …
Rebounding Into The Fed Meeting
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The pullback of the last 2 days ended, at least for the time being, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 moving into record territory, while the Dow touched an all-time high on an intra-day basis as the Fed started its two-day meeting on interest rates. Even the Russell 2000 hit a record high …
Nasdaq Gets Bruised Again
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The trading day started out on a sour note with the major indexes heading south as tech weakness dragged all sectors down for the second day in a row. Things stabilized mid-day, after which we headed south again, but the usual last hour ramp kept losses to a minimum for the Dow and …
Diving Off The Highs Into The Red But Closing In The Green
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets You could say that the much anticipated “big” Thursday turned into a dud as far as the Comey testimony was concerned. While the markets whipsawed throughout the day, in the end, the major indexes closed above the unchanged line. The Dow touched new record territory before dipping into the red after which it …
Waiting For A Potentially Market Moving Thursday; Crude Oil Gets Crushed
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets MSM was keeping the hype up ahead of this Thursday by using phrases like “market moving” in regards to Comey’s testimony and the UK election. I think the cat is out of the bag, as Comey’s prepared remarks confirmed there is no smoking gun, which the major indexes took as a positive by …
Market Sentiment Turns Jittery
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets For the second day, market nervousness prevailed, as concerns ahead of the UK general election, uncertainties about ex-FBI chief Comey’s upcoming testimony to the Senate, along with a Thursday ECB policy meeting, kept the major indexes subdued and stuck below their respective unchanged lines. However, as was the case yesterday, the pullback was …