[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major U.S. equity indices closed the trading day with modest gains after housing data and earnings from companies including McDonald’s Corp. fueled speculation stimulus would continue. Investors have increasingly turned to stocks this month, as U.S. equity ETFs are receiving money at the fastest rate since September 2008. On the flip side, this will end …
Major Index ETFs Advance To New Records On Upbeat Economy
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. equity index ETFs closed higher today thanks to mostly upbeat economic data, stronger-than-expected reported earnings from IBM, UnitedHealth Group, and Morgan Stanley, along with Fed Chairman Bernanke’s comments further reassuring markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index closed at record highs; with the S&P 500 notching a fresh intraday …
Bernanke’s Reassurance On Stimulus Lifts Stocks
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major U.S. equity ETFs finished trading with modest gains after a choppy session, amid the Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke reiterating in Congressional testimony, that the Central Bank’s asset purchases could be increased or reduced depending on the health of the economic recovery. Supporting the up-down session were an unanticipated declines in domestic building permits and …
Markets Pull Back Awaiting Fed Chief’s Statement
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The longest rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPY) since January came to a halt today in the wake of a mixed bag of economic and earnings news. Tomorrow’s looming semi-annual testimony on Capitol Hill by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may also have contributed to a bit of caution on the Street. The …
Bulls Open The Week With Lack Of Participants
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] An unexpected improvement in U.S. regional manufacturing activity, a rise in business inventories, and an inline 2Q GDP report out of China, was the U.S. equities neede to continue their gains to open the week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPY) settled higher to mark its eight consecutive advance, the longest winning streak since January. …
One Man’s Opinion: Will The Fed Taper Asset Purchases In December?
We have to look at the minutes and the question-answer portion of his presentation that he gave a couple of hours later in Boston as part of the NBER summer institute separately, says Brian Jacobsen, Chief Portfolio Strategist at Wells Fargo Fund Management. When it comes to the minutes, there are two important things to look into. First, they were …