[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After much range trading for most of the day, the major indexes shot up during the last hour to not just only close in the green but to also push the Dow to its 71st record close for the year. The supporting actors turned out to be banking shares and to a lesser …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For December 22, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/12/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-12212017/ CRAWLING BACK TOWARDS THE UNCHANGED LINE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite today’s aimless meandering, which had the major indexes crawling out of a hole towards the unchanged line, the Dow and S&P 500 managed to score their fifth straight weekly advance despite ending the session slightly in the red. For sure, with …
Tax-Revamp Boost Runs Out Of Steam
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The major indexes slipped a bit as the much touted and hyped tax deal appeared to be done, and the legislation was finally sent to President Trump for his signature. It seems that the bill’s passage left investors emotionally exhausted and apathetic as the actual news was a non-event in terms of market …
Fed Hikes Rates; Dow Ends At Fourth Straight Record High
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Early market exuberance faded late in the session with only the Dow and Nasdaq clinging on to modest gains, while the S&P 500 slipped slightly into the red. The Fed raised the benchmark Fed funds rate by 0.25%, as expected, which was the fourth hike in the past year. The much awaited 2018 …
Nasdaq Pumps And Energy Dumps
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was a tug-of-war between bulls and bears with the major indexes vacillating back and forth above and below their respective unchanged lines. In the end, only the Nasdaq managed to show a green number, although the S&P scored a close second. The Energy sector as a whole looked frail with XLE losing …
Exuberance Fades As Tech Wreck Continues
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Overnight exuberance, caused in part by the discovery that Friday’s story from ABC about former national-security advisor Flynn was “fake news”, only had a temporary market moving effect. But clearly helping the bullish cause was the weekend passage of the Senate version’s overhaul of the tax code. Spoiling the party was the continuation …