[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stock ETFs started November on a strong note with the major benchmark indexes rallying more than one percent, the most in seven weeks, after employment and manufacturing topped estimates and consumer confidence surged to more than four-year high in October. Economic data were mostly positive on Thursday. Payroll processing firm ADP said 158,000 private-sector jobs …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, October 26, 2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/10/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-10252012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, October 26, 2012 US EQUITIES FINISH SESSION UNCHANGED BUT RETREAT FOR THE WEEK; EUROPE PUSHES HIGHER ON US GDP DATA US equities capped a choppy and sloppy week nearly flat Friday, but extended weekly losses after uninspiring earnings reports failed …
Equities Leak Higher On Data; Europe Rises On Earnings
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities snapped a two-day losing streak to end modestly higher as investors weighed better economic data against average corporate earnings report. Economic data offered the silver lining after two day’s of hammering. Demand for durable goods jumped 9.9 percent in September, a Commerce Department report revealed. Also, first time jobless claims came in better than …
Skidding To Seven-Week Low As Fed Decision Offsets Economy; Europe Rises On PMI Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Giving out early session gain gains, US stocks finished lower Wednesday as the Federal Reserve’s call for modest growth tempered moods amid signs of improvement in Chinese factory output and American housing market. October US flash manufacturing activity notched up to 51.31 from 51.1 in September while the US housing industry continued to chug ahead, extending …
Exuberance Disappears As Markets Take It On The Chin; Europe Plunges
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks took another plunge today with the Dow Industrials hitting a seven-week low after a batch of weak US earnings numbers and worries over Spain deepened investors concern of a global slowdown. Risk sentiment soured after ratings agency Moody’s Investor service downgraded Spain’s five regions by one or two notches stating their long term funding alternatives …
Last Hour Lift-A-Thon Saves The Day; Europe Turns Lower
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US market indexes staged a late-session comeback Monday that erased early losses to end marginally higher after the technology sector rallied to lift major equity averages. It was the usual afternoon lift-a-thon we have become accustomed to witness now that the Fed is officially in charge of stock market direction. Following last week’s steep losses after …