[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks ended mixed Tuesday as investors digested a mixed batch of earnings reports and as the Federal Reserve kicked off a two-day meeting on interest rates. As you can see in the above S&P chart, stocks dropped sharply during mid-day about 0.75%, but were pushed back up since, with the Fed …
Markets Mixed While Awaiting Earnings Season
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets After a strong five-day rally that lifted the major U.S. stock indexes well off their lows hit in August, equities ended mixed as Wall Street reassessed the outlook for stocks for the rest of 2015. Healthcare stocks led the decline in the S&P, while a rally in Dupont’s stock (DD) helped keep …
Rally Attempt Fails Miserably; But No Major Drops As Markets Run Out Of Time
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks rallied early in the day, but the momentum faded by closing time as investors remained jittery about global economic growth, conflict abroad and now ebola at home. This could have ended up to be a negative day had time not run out. Ebola has had quite an impact on the human …