[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s worries about China’s lack of interest in purchasing US Treasuries are now a thing of the past while other concerns, such as jobless claims and wholesale inflation data, were simply ignored in anticipation of a hopefully great earnings season, which is expected to be the catalyst to drive the markets to new …
Logging The First Down Day Of The Year
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets I had to happen eventually and today was the day. The major indexes actually traded below the unchanged line all day, staged a comeback but ended slightly in the red, as some profit taking set in. Caution prevailed as yesterday’s bond slam-fest remained on traders’ minds. The cause of jumping bond yields were …
Dow Continues Record Setting Pace; Bonds Get Clobbered
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Thanks to Boeing, which added more than 60 points to the Dow, the index set another record while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained for the 6th straight day. There was no particular driver for the advance other than continued market optimism. In our ETF space, winners outpaced losers by a small margin. …
A Big Day For The Bulls
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets This is the time of the year when market historians come out and use the first five trading days of the year to compare it to the past and then project the results out for the remainder of 2018. Today was no different, and these are the results as translated by ZH: Thanks …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 5, 2018
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2018/01/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-01-04-2018/ EXTENDING THE RALLY [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Who cares what the news headlines say or that the just released jobs report was downright dismal. This year, anything appears to be bullish for the markets—so far. The major indexes posted record gains again for the 4th straight positive session in part supported by …
Records Are Made To Be Broken
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The move into record territory continued for the third straight day with the Dow climbing above its psychologically important 25k marker for the first time in history. Upward momentum remained strong throughout the session and into the close. Helping matters was the weakening of the VIX, which made history itself by trading with …