[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets At least for the moment, it seems that nothing can disrupt this running bull market, even though, the cause of last week’s rut, namely the coronavirus, is far from being contained. Sentiment, that stepped-up containment efforts, along with work towards new vaccines, may mitigate any negative economic impacts, was the bullish driver that …
Euphoria Is Back
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The stimulus effort by the People’s Bank of China to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus set a positive tone for world markets early on, with the domestic ones opening sharply higher aided by another short squeeze. It was simply a matter of investors gaining confidence in that central bankers will take …
Optimism Reigns
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After Friday’s drubbing, and in view of China’s stock market getting clobbered at the tune of some -8%, domestic equities jumped right after the opening bell. While the latter part of the session was flat, the major indexes made up some lost ground in part thanks to optimism that the coronavirus will be …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 31, 2020
ETF Tracker StatSheet You can view the latest version here. SLAMMED BY THE VIRUS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Even Amazon’s strong quarterly results, and its subsequent 9% jump in stock price, could not stem the slide, as the ongoing coronavirus epidemic continued full force, with travel and trade disruptions now becoming a more real threat to …
Upbeat Earnings Overpower Virus Concerns
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Right after the opening bell, the markets headed south following the global negative sentiment caused by a sell-off in Asia, as coronavirus issues again fanned fears of slowing economic growth worldwide. Concerns about the epidemic’s impact first overpowered upbeat earnings news from Microsoft and Tesla, with airline stocks falling due to the travel …
Going Nowhere
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets In the end, today was nothing but one gigantic roller coaster ride, as an early rally lost steam, then found some fresh upward momentum, which was all given back at the close. Maybe the early pump was the result of Apple’s blow-out earnings announced yesterday after the close, but it sure had no …