[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The S&P 500 and Dow both kept moving forward to new record highs today, while the Nasdaq limped to the finish line to close in the red. The S&P 500 realized its 15th record close of 2014, and the Dow posted its 6th record close of the year. There was a folly …
Markets Close The Week On Top As Positive Corporate Earnings Continue
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stock markets will be closed tomorrow in observance of Good Friday, so today was the last day of trading for the week. The direction continued upwards with 2 out of the 3 major indexes ending on the plus side with small gains. General Electric (GE), Morgan Stanley (MS) and PepsiCo (PEP) all …
Markets Continue Their Rollercoaster Ride; China’s Gold Appetite
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The S&P 500 rose today, along with all ten industry sectors. While the markets have rebounded well over the past two days, all three major indexes remain down for the month and the year. We saw positive earnings reports from both Coca-cola (KO) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) today as traders remain …
Markets Regain Footing On Positive U.S. Retail Sales Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Markets here in the U.S. rallied today after as investors gained confidence from the strong report on March retail sales we received. U.S. retail sales recorded their largest increase in 1.5 years in March, a bigger gain than had been anticipated and the latest sign that the economy is doing well. The …
US Equities Get Spanked; AKA When Good News Is Bad News
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets What a difference a day makes. After the markets fell in love with yesterday’s Fed minutes, which caused a nice rebound rally, today it was back to reality as the major indexes reversed affected by the same suspects during the last sell off, namely technology and biotech sectors with IBB losing 5.61%. …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For April 4, 2014
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/04/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-04032014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, April 4, 2014 STOCKS POSITIVE OVERALL FOR THE WEEK ON OPTIMISTIC U.S. ECONOMIC DATA [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks rose as a suite of economic data raised optimism about the health of the economy. Headlining the …