[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks hit record highs today for the second time since 1999. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% to close at 18,636.05. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 6.10 points to close at 2,190.15 and the Nasdaq composite index gained +0.56% to finish at 5,262.02 in the stock market today. …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For August 12, 2016
ETF Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/08/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-08112016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary POOR ECONOMIC DATA EQUALS HIGHER STOCK PRICES [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets If you have been listening to the Main Stream Media (MSM) reporting on the major indexes making one new lifetime high after another over the past month, you might feel like you have been left behind if …
Oil Rallies Sharply And Pulls Indexes Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It was a glorious day for the markets here in the U.S. Thursday. All three major indexes closed at new record highs, bolstered by department store Macy’s beating of sharply reduced expectations and their closing of 100 stores. The labor market allegedly remains solid and, after being a drag on the market …
Sliding Crude Oil Puts Equities On Slippery Slope
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets A combination of mixed earnings results and sliding crude prices along with a pullback in the US dollar pulled the major indexes off their lofty levels. Other domestic news contributing to this slippery day were fewer than expected job openings, while gold bucked the trend and rose modestly along with bonds. As …
Bad News Is Good News Again; Worst Productivity Numbers In 37 Years
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets In the face of the worst productivity numbers in some 37 years, the markets did what they do best; rally! Although early enthusiasm gave way to a sell-off, the S&P 500 managed to climb back above the unchanged line by a fraction of a percentage after making new intra-day highs. But, investors …
Stocks Retreat In Directionless Trading
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks retreated a bit from last week’s record closes on the heels of an alleged strong jobs report. Equities, which had been stuck in a holding pattern after hitting fresh highs in late July, rallied Friday after the government reported that a better-than-expected 255,000 jobs were created in July. It was the second straight month …