US stocks ended mixed Thursday with the broad market ETFs retreating for the third successive day in a shortened week, as worries over Spanish debt crisis returned to haunt Wall Street. All the indices closed lower for the week despite better weekly claims data ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls reading for March. As equities sank, US Treasuries marched ahead for …
Major Market ETFs Retreat On FOMC Minutes; VXX Rises, GAZ Sinks
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks slipped Tuesday with the Dow Industrials declining for the first time in four days after the minutes from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee indicated lesser possibility for further monetary stimulus. The markets reminded me of that famous Rolling Stone song “you can’t always get what you want,” as another QE had been expected. …