[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Equities hit he skids for the 3rd day in a row as, following Apple’s disappointing report card yesterday, 3M and Caterpillar joined the crowd, and the slide in stocks continued killing any hope of a rebound. Commodities offered little help as they seem to be stuck in a bearish trend of their …
Major Indexes Close Lower—Apple’s Slide Is The Culprit
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Tech stocks continued to be a drag on the major indexes after results from Miscrosoft and Apple disappointed. As is always the case, Apple certainly did not do poorly; it’s just that expectations are so overblown than anything close to realty seems to cause a pullback. In the bigger picture, the question …
Techs Drag Dow
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Equities pulled back as a result of IBM and United Technologies putting the first negative on the board this earnings season just prior to the heavyweights, Apple and Microsoft, issuing their quarterly report cards after today’s close. The major indexes are still near record highs and, after having been on a tear …
S&P 500 Rises To New Record Before Retreating
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Equities looked a little tired after the solid run of the past 1-1/2 weeks and ended only slightly changed. The S&P managed to temporarily climb above its old record high (on very meager volume) but was not able to hold the gain and ended up 1 point above the unchanged line. So …
Equities Jump As Greece’s Fallout Appears Contained
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Taking a cue from the European markets, U.S. equities joined the party and moved higher with Greek exit fears subsiding after approval of new austerity programs. Giving an assist to the markets was ECB’s Mario Draghi who commented on their willingness to expand aid to some of the troubled banks. That was …
Violent Greek Protests Pull Down Equities
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Finally, the 4-day winning streak came to an end, but the losses were minor as a late day turnaround caused by violent Greek protests ahead of their parliamentary votes regarding the third bailout package pulled the rug out from initial upward momentum. While we bounced successfully off the session’s lows, it remains …