ETF Tracker StatSheet You can view the latest version here. DRIVING THE MARKETS: TRADE HOPE AND RETAIL HEADLINE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While today’s headline retail number showed a rise of +0.3% MoM, which was better than the expected +0.2%, the under the hood core number looked mixed at best by only rising +0.1% MoM vs. …
Major Market ETFs Fall Back
There was some slippage in the market, and those exchange-traded funds (ETFs) representing the major indexes (DIA, QQQQ and SPY) pulled back a little. After the recent rebound, it’s no surprise that that the markets took a breather, but it could also have been a case of exhaustion. In the last 23 trading sessions, for example, the Dow (DIA) had …