[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Today marks the first trading day of May, and ushers in what has historically been the worst six-month stretch for stocks. And while there’s no denying that history shows the May-through-September period delivers far lower stock returns than the more bullish October-through-April time frame, implementing this rather extreme market-timing approach to investing …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For April 29, 2016
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/04/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-04282016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary RUNNING OUT OF STEAM [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Coming off one of the worst day for stocks since early February, domestic shares were under pressure again today. Investors have been reacting to mixed earnings reports and maybe, just maybe, the realization is sinking in that the …
BoJ “Holds” and Wall Street “Folds;” Icahn Spooks Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The major indexes had not much too cheer about during the regular session, which started on a bad omen from Japan with the BoJ surprising world markets by capping their monetary stimulus, which was expected to continue with full force. As we all know by now, without central bank stimulus, equity markets …
Fed Holds Steady—Facebook Beats And Rips In After Hours Session
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets As was to be expected, the Fed held interest rates steady for the third consecutive meeting. The FOMC statement was neutral and contained the usual language of “assessing economic and labor conditions, inflationary pressures and expectations along with readings on financial and international developments before determining the size of future interest rate …
A Mixed Day, But: Apple Tumbles 8% In After Hours Trading; Twitter Crashes 14%
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It was a fairly quiet day during the regular session despite a host of economic data points that can be summed up with one word: dismal. But none of that matters in a centrally planned economy where fundamentals are immaterial and where Wall Street hangs on to every new utterance by the …
Underwhelming Earnings
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks retreated today as investors brace for a barrage of earnings reports, a slew of fresh economic data and the Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday on interest rates. The earnings season, according to MSM, has fared well thus far, if you can call beating a bar that has been set extremely low a …