[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 …
Slipping Off The Record Highs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Geopolitical uncertainties, such as the London terrorist attack and the upcoming testimony of former FMI chief Comey, combined to pull the starch out of last week’s upward momentum. Not helping matters was the continuing weakness in the US Macro data index, which has slipped now to its lowest level since February 2016 when …
Closing Out May On A Weak Note
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets For the second day in a row, the major indexes limped slightly lower but ended up closing the out the month on the plus side. The Nasdaq took the lead with +2.5%, followed by the S&P 500 with +1.2%, while the Dow desperately hung on to the unchanged line but conquering it by …
Going Nowhere Fast
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The markets seemed to have a hangover after the 3-day weekend with the major averages remaining stuck below the unchanged line giving back some of last week’s gains. Macro data continues to head south as consumer confidence dropped to its weakest since February confirming that hope has faded as evidenced by plans to …
S&P 500 And Nasdaq Eke Out New Record Highs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets After the break through the glass ceiling yesterday, the major indexes managed to maintain upward momentum to score gains for the 6th consecutive day recovering all losses sustained during last week’s dump. While the Dow lagged, the S&P and Nasdaq shot up into record territory. Stocks still felt good the morning after digesting …