[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks were trending upwards throughout the early part of the day, but fell after Fed Chair Janet Yellen said that a rate hike at its December meeting is a genuine possibility. The drop snapped a two day rally that pushed the Dow back into positive territory for the year. The Dow is …
Dow Moves Back In Black
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks gained as Wall Street continued trucking higher on the previous day’s rally that sent the Dow back into the black for the year. Traders focused mostly on more earnings reports and corporate deals as they debated whether Monday’s stock market surge was the start of a lasting year-end rally. Equities, which …
Stocks Begin November With A Bang And A New Buy Signal For Domestic Equities
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks kicked off November with nice rally as investors reacted to a batch of corporate deals, fresh economic data and anticipate another big week of corporate earnings. For first time since Aug. 18 the S&P 500 closed above 2100. The index is now at 2104.05 nearing its all-time closing high of …
Going Nowhere
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It was a slow day on Wall Street today. All indexes ended slightly lower, mostly due to the fact that we heard a bit of disappointing news on the state of our economy. The government reported today that the economy grew at a slightly lower-than-expected 1.5% in the third quarter. That was …
Stocks Up And Down, But End On Fire Wednesday
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Wall Street at first reacted negatively this morning after the Fed left interest rates unchanged and signaled a December rate hike was still on the table, but then recovered as the afternoon wore on with the Dow ending up nearly 200 points. In earnings today, we heard from a number of tech …
Equities Uncertain In Anticipation Of Fed Meeting And Earnings
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks dipped as investors awaited a Federal Reserve decision Wednesday on interest rates and Apple’s earnings report after the closing bell. Disappointing economic data on manufacturing and consumer confidence also weighed on markets. Energy stocks led the decliners as oil prices fell. A barrel of U.S. crude was down 2.2% to $43.03. …