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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While the major indexes recovered form an early session dump, they pretty much repeated yesterday’s theme by slipping and sliding below the unchanged line without much directional conviction. A mixed earnings picture today, along with some negative tweets from Trump regarding a possible China deal, added to today’s uncertainty and kept equities in …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While the earnings season continues, traders were more concerned with what the Fed will decide regarding interest rates, when it concludes its two-day meeting on Wednesday. Will they deliver another hoped for sugar high for the economy and the markets, or will the outcome be a dud? A 0.25% reduction in rates has …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets There was not much upward momentum to be found in the equities markets, as Europe set the negative tone early on with all indicators sliding into the red. The major indexes followed suit and never came close to breaking above their respective unchanged lines. The retreat came in the face of a busy …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Aimless meandering best describes today’s early part of the session, during which the major indexes, except for the Dow, hovered around their respective unchanged lines. A sudden mid-day pump not only pushed the two indexes into the green but also to a new record close. The Dow was weighed down, as poor profit …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was a session during which the major indexes predominantly hugged their respective unchanged lines without showing much directional preference. The exception was the Nasdaq, which benefited from strength of big-tech companies, despite the number of declining stocks outnumbering the advancing ones. That means, the drive higher was the result of the more …