[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Renewed fears over China’s economic growth, a fresh rout in commodity markets and continued uncertainty over a Fed rate hike later this year triggered a heavy sell-off on Wall Street today. All three major benchmark indexes fell over 1.0% to close out the day, recovering from even larger deficits earlier in the …
International Tensions Push Equities Lower; International TTI Close To A Sell
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks closed lower with all 10 S&P 500 sectors losing. Energy was the biggest S&P 500 loser on the day, dropping 2.1%. Ukraine tensions were mostly to blame throughout headlines, as we heard today that Russian troops were massing near the Ukraine border. Groupon Inc. (GRPN) fell 16% in after-hours trading. The …
Markets Bounce Higher; Responding Well To Yellen’s Speech
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Wednesday was a rather uneventful day across the board with the S&P 500 and Dow climbing and the Nasdaq stumbling. Tech stocks continued to fall out of favor as worries of overvaluation continue to be the culprit. A number of Nasdaq listed stocks have taken quite a beating over the past two …
Equities Selloff Continues…
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Today officially marks the first day that all three major indexes (S&P, Dow and Nasdaq) are negative year to date. The Nasdaq continued its decline (which began last Thursday) and is now down a combined 4.6% over the three day period. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones both finished down more than …
U.S. Manufacturing Keeps Growing; Tesla Continues To Zoom
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Overall, domestic and global markets performed well today. Here in the U.S., the S&P 500 climbed 0.6%, the Dow gained 0.7% and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. A survey (from Markit) came in today that showed U.S. manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years, which boosted investor confidence in …