[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets One look at the above chart and you’ll notice something that we have not seen in a long time. After the indexes spent all day below the unchanged line, the usual late afternoon ramp, which we’ve become accustomed to for a long time, did not materialize as stocks took a another dive but …
Off The Lows But Still In The Red
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The major indexes started out the week on a negative note, rallied off the lows but did not manage to climb above the unchanged line. Setting the sour mood were news reports from N. Korea over the weekend that they had fired four ballistic missiles into the sea northwest of Japan. That was …
Coming Off The Sugar High
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets While the jury is still out in regards to me considering yesterday’s market ramp a “blow-off” top, today’s pullback did not come as a surprise with the major indexes having been on 12-day parabolic rampage supported by not a lot of real news to justify it. Of course, today could have been a …
WS Critic: “Trump Makes America ‘Wait’ Again”
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets One of the funnier headlines I’ve seen in a while was featured by a Bloomberg writer, who in a note titled “Still No Details as Trump Makes America Wait Again” opined that, while the market was surging on a sugar high this morning, no details on how Trump plans to achieve his lofty …
Snapping The Winning Streak
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets I did not expect much upside market action ahead of Trump’s speech, and that is exactly what happened. The Dow broke its 12-day record streak while all major indexes closed marginally to the downside. Not helping matters was Target’s report that profit for the quarter, including the holiday season, had fallen by an …
Dow Inches To 12th Record High Close
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The wining streak continued despite a weak opening, but the bulls were determined not to interrupt the current march towards new record highs, and mid-day the major indexes slowly crawled above the unchanged line and eked out a tiny gain; but a gain nonetheless. Throwing in an assist was President Trump when he …