[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets As I was scanning the early news on MarketWatch, I cam across the headline “Wall Street gains as weak data spurs stimulus,” which was later removed and replaced with “Wall Street surges as data points to economic recovery” confirming that according to MSM bad news is good news and good news can …
Dow Is Only Index To Stay Above Water In February
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks ended February on a sour note as oil prices rose and “the” meeting of G20 finance officials ended without pledges for joint action to stimulate sagging global economic growth. As I mentioned on Friday, chances are great that useless jawboning without concrete results or resolutions is as good as it gets. The …
Markets Keep Rebound Alive Despite Major Sell-Off In China
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks shrugged off a selloff in Shanghai and were higher as Wall Street seeks to build on yesterday’s V-shape come-back that wiped out big losses and allowed stocks to finish the day up. There was a huge sell-off of Chinese stocks overnight plunging 6%. It was the worst day of losses in …
Stocks Fight Back To Close In The Green
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks pulled out of an early deep slide to close higher as the common “follow the leader” trend that has dominated Wall Street for most of 2016 came back in play: The direction of oil prices determines the direction of stocks. The “disappointing” sentiment that oil production caps would not come into play …
Back To “Correctional” Territory For Dow
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets After its recent hot streak, the Dow Jones industrial average dipped back into correction territory Tuesday as stocks tumbled amid a renewed slump in oil prices and a still uncertain outlook for global growth and U.S. corporate earnings. All major indexes dropped at least 1.1% on the day. Hopes for a near-term oil production cut were dashed today when …
Short Squeeze Continues As Bad News Is Good News
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets After posting its best weekly gain in what has been a dismal start to 2016, stocks kicked off the new week in rally mode as investors reacted to rising oil prices and signs of alleged stability in China’s stock market. Well, there really was no stability but the naming of a new regulator …