ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 26, 2018

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ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2018/01/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-01-25-2018/  BEST START TO A YEAR FOR DOW AND S&P 500 SINCE 1987 [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Another day with solid advances for the major indexes (in the face of a rising VIX) as  the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 gained for the 4th week in a row (and 9 for the last 10 for …

One Man’s Jawboning Drags Down Markets; US Dollar Gets Clobbered

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Things looked pretty hunky dory after the opening with the major indexes storming again into record territory. Then the hammer came down in form of Commerce Secretary Ross’s comments. Bloomberg reported as follows: ROSS: CHINA `SUPERB’ TALKING FREE TRADE, ACTING PROTECTIONIST ROSS: STEEL FORUM HAS MADE `ZERO DIFFERENCE’ FOR OVERCAPACITY ROSS: CHINA IS …

ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 19, 2018

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ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2018/01/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-01-18-2018/ POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN; MARKETS RALLY [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was a tug-of-war today that featured optimism over corporate earnings against the threat of a looming government shutdown. Despite the latter potentially adding more uncertainty, traders decided that any economic impact would negligible, so up we went late in the session with the …

Reversal Tuesday

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Right after the opening bell, the major indexes stormed ahead to set new records, only to be reminded that nothing goes up forever without a break or some sort of a pullback. The Dow raced past the 26k milestone only seven days after having conquered its 25k level, which was triple the pace …

Anticipation Of Good Earning Catapults The Major Indexes

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[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 …

Dow Continues Record Setting Pace; Bonds Get Clobbered

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[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. …