[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended higher in choppy trading as oil prices rose for a third straight day and moved above $33 a barrel. The major indexes posted gains early as strong corporate earnings reports provided a boost which quickly evaporated before equities mounted another comeback. In earnings news, Amazon (AMZN) missed Wall Street expectations, …
Volatility Slams Markets; Facebook Keeps Face
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks dove sharply into negative territory after the Federal Reserve signaled that it has not ruled out another interest rate hike at its March meeting despite noting that it is “closely monitoring” recent turbulence in financial markets and the global economy. All major indexes fell at least 1.1% today, with the Nasdaq …
Oil Reverses And Pulls The Major Indexes Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets In a stunning reversal from yesterday’s sell-off, the likes of which I have described as typical in bear markets featuring big down days followed by big updays without clear long-term direction, oil rallied and pulled the indexes out of the doldrums with the S&P 500 reclaiming the 1,900 level. To be fair, …
Oil Pushes Markets Down A Slippery Slope
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Oil continues to be the dominant market mover in the early days of 2016. Stocks ended lower Monday as oil prices dropped more than 7% and fell back to around $30 a barrel. The drop in oil prices of late is mostly due to global oversupply. It appears that none of the …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 01/22/2016
Below are the latest ETF Cutline reports, which show how far above or below their respective long-term trend lines (39 week SMA) my currently tracked ETFs/MFs are positioned. The first report covers the ETF Master List from Thursday’s StatSheet and includes 381 ETFs, of which currently 21 (last week 16) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: FlexShares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund (ASET)
While commodity and energy prices have been battered over the past 16 months or so, some investors believe prices have nearly bottomed out and expect them to stabilize very soon. The Fed hike was a small step toward monetary policy normalization and contrarian investors would probably want to revisit the so called “real asset” class following their dramatic decline. FlexShares, …