[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Heading into decision day for the Fed, skeptics warned that an increase in rates could cause market volatility and upheaval. Well, the exact opposite happened today as it seems that Wall Street bulls viewed the Fed’s rate hike as a sign of an improving economy. The question in my mind is as …
Stocks ‘Gearing Up’ For A ‘Winter Hike’
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks jumped Tuesday with the Dow gaining 157 points as the price of crude oil rallied for a second day and Wall Street awaits the Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday on interest rate hikes. The Federal Reserve kicked off its two-day policy meeting Tuesday, and futures are pricing in a roughly 80% chance …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For December 11, 2015
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2015/12/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-12102015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary NOT AN IDEAL WAY TO ROUND OUT THE WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The stock market capped off its worst week since August today as oil prices set a new seven-year low and investors braced for …
Stocks Snap 3-Day Losing Streak
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks rose as Wall Street halted a three-day downturn despite another drop in oil prices. We have been confronting a variety of issues this week including plunging oil prices, global economic pressures and the likelihood that the Fed will begin raising interest rates for the first time in almost a decade at …
Markets Fail To Break Two Day Slide—Domestic TTI Slips Back Below Its Trend Line
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Hopes of halting a two-day slide were dashed today as an early stock rally, which now looks like a gigantic head fake, faded and the Dow finished near the bottom of a huge 300-point swing. The Dow was doing fine in the first half of the day, gaining as much as 200 …
Oil Prices Drag Markets Lower
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended down Tuesday but cut early sharp losses as financial markets came under pressure for a second straight day from volatile oil prices. Oil prices fell 6% Monday and dropped as much as 2.7% to $36.64 a barrel in early trading today before reversing course and closing at $37.60 a barrel. …