[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Finally, at least for one day, stocks and bonds were correlated again, something we have not seen in a while, and this may be a harbinger of things to come. Bond prices dropped as yields rose and stocks headed south early on, recovered mid-day, but the rally faded into the close leaving the …
Oil Leads Equities With Pump-And-Dump Theme
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Equities started the day on a weak note when oil prices suddenly got pumped to touch the $50/barrel point before being dumped and ending the day down -1.62%. The S&P 500 followed suit but managed to limit its losses to a meager -0.17%. Apple weighed on the overall market and closed down -2.25% …
Earnings Data Wipe Out Yesterday’s Gains
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets After a weak opening, the S&P 500 managed to kiss the unchanged line, but it was all downhill from there as stocks slipped from their 2-week highs made yesterday. Not helping matters was the dying Consumer Confidence bounce with the indicator sporting its biggest plunge in 11 months. The US dollar continued its …
Earnings And Acquisitions Support The Indexes
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The S&P touched a two-week high as acquisitions and mergers confirmed to some that, despite hugely elevated market levels, untapped value still exists, although that is clearly in the eye of the beholder. Expected annualized earnings are supposed to have been risen 1.1% last quarter, which is an improvement after four quarters of …
Volatility Increases As Crude Oil Crumbles
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Markets were a little chaotic early in the session as the major indexes had rallied and then collapsed below the trend line very quickly as the chart above shows. Slowly but surely, we recovered, touched the unchanged line a few times but ended up closing slightly below it. Economic data points continued their …
Earnings And Oil Assist The Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The major indexes rallied moderately supported by better-than expected quarterly results from Morgan Stanley along with oil prices, which gained over 2% and are nearing their 15-month high. And again, data points confirmed sluggishness in the economy as shown by weak housing data and a disappointing outlook in the tech area, which …