[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks extended losses in choppy trading amid mixed retailer sales and jobs data. In the tech world, Oracle (ORCL) stock slipped Thursday after the database leader was downgraded by Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital on valuation, worries over China’s IT spending and growing competition from cloud computing vendors. Facebook (FB) popped 5% …
Euro Continues To Climb—Equities In The Red—Facebook To Join S&P 500
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Domestic Equities posted their largest drop in a month, with traders locking in recent gains after a provisional budget deal out of Washington. The bipartisan budget agreement reached late Tuesday would end three years of political confrontations and fiscal instability in Washington. The final Fed policy statement of the year is expected …
Twitter Up, Inflation Down
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks slipped in mixed volume as investors weighed a rise in job openings against concerns that the Federal Reserve will start to withdraw stimulus. In the stock market today, Lumber Liquidators (LL) plunged 14% in huge volume, closing below its 200-day moving average, after its fourth-quarter earnings outlook came in slightly below …
Stocks Edge Slightly Higher; Sysco To Buy US Foods
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks ended slightly higher on Monday as investors awaited more clues from the Federal Reserve on whether the central bank will soon begin to wind down its economic stimulus. Perhaps the largest bit of news today was in the food industry where Sysco Corp announced it will buy US Foods Inc for …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 12/6/2013
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 398 ETFs, of which currently 334 (last week 332) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: Global X FTSE Portugal 20 ETF (PGAL)
Global X Funds, the New York-based issuer known for its focus on emerging markets and niche strategies, has introduced the first ever Portugal specific equity ETF listed in the US. Some analysts believe the so-called PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) in the 17 member currency zone have turned a corner and Portugal is at a point of …