[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Equity Indexes pulled back today after surging to multi-year highs Friday as risk sentiment weakened amid news reports that Greece has initiated talks with creditors after its ruling-coalition failed to reach an agreement over spending cuts. Markets are jittery ahead of Wednesday’s German high court’s decision on the validity of the EUR 500 billion European Stability …
ECB’s Intended Bond Purchases Will Calm The Markets; But For How Long?
The European Central Bank’s decision to buy unlimited bonds from the secondary markets for the peripheral economies was the right decision, since it comes with strong conditions that will result in structural reforms and fiscal discipline, says Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The so-called Outright Monetary Transactions or OMT by the central bank does …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, September 7, 2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/09/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-09062012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, September 7, 2012 US EQUITIES EDGE UP ON FED STIMULUS HOPES; EUROPE RALLIES ON CHINA STIMULUS US stocks continued their upward journey Friday with the major indexes settling higher for the first time in three weeks and extending multi-year highs …
ECB Invokes ‘Desperate’ Measures; Market Goes Into Mania Mode
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Boosted by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s announcement of an open-ended bond purchase scheme aimed at bringing down Spanish and Italian borrowing costs, US stocks broke-out Thursday to finish on a multi-year high even as the bank chief made good of his earlier pledge to preserve the common currency at any cost. Countries must seek …
Equities Change Little Ahead Of ECB Meet; Six Major Events On Deck
Equities changed little Wednesday with the blue-chip S&P 500 index posting marginal gains as investors decided to wait in the wings ahead of ECB’s all-important policy meeting Thursday. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported the European Central bank is ready with its blueprint, called the “Money Outright Transactions,” to embark on an unlimited government bonds buying plan with maturities of three years or …
US Indexes Trim Losses While Europe Tumbles Ahead Of ECB Meeting
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equity indexes started September on a weak note as investors’ concern that the economy was slowing over weak manufacturing data was somewhat tempered by hopes the European Central Bank will intervene to tame the continent’s debt crisis. Here we go again. We will find out soon if Mario Draghi’s promise to deliver a European solution …