[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The bulls tried to shake off the effects of the Ukraine-Russia confrontation and managed to squeeze out a rebound, despite surging oil and commodity prices. While the major indexes recovered yesterday’s losses, today’s action had the smell of a dead cat bounce. Sure, there were several verbal assists helping market sentiment starting with …
A Puke-A-Thon For Equities
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets As the Russia-Ukraine conflict spreads and intensifies, it should come as no surprise that equities eventually would be affected negatively. We have seen some late session comeback attempts, but current geopolitical conditions may make it very difficult to continue these efforts. The reality, that sanctioning others may have a boomerang effect came into …
Fighting Uncertainty
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Volatility reigned supreme in the markets, but in the end, this session did not turn out as bad as had been feared over the weekend. With the Russia-Ukraine war heating up and sanctions being announced around the world, there will be more fallout ahead for all parties involved. After being down some 500 …
Digging Out Of A Deep Hole
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The Russian-Ukraine saber rattling shifted into overdrive and pulled equities down sharply with the Dow down over 850 points at its low of the session. As if by magic, a stunning afternoon comeback managed to wipe out all the morning’s losses with the major indexes ending in the green, as the Nasdaq ruled …
Domestic “Sell” Signal Generated
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Finally, after several weeks of bouncing above and below my domestic trend line, which separates bullish from bearish territory, today’s downside piercing was enough to confirm that the existing “Buy” cycle had finally come to an end. For tracking purposes, the effective date will be tomorrow, February 24th. This shift to “Sell” mode …
Melting Down And Not Melting Up
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Given the overall geopolitical tensions, some real and some made up, I would have expected the markets to take a steeper dive. However, the pullback was slow and steady with no panic selling, but a melt-up attempt during the last hour hit the skids. The major indexes gave back over 1% with the …