ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2018/03/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-03-15-2018/ ENDING THE WEEK ON A POSITIVE NOTE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Not only did the S&P 500 break its losing streak on day 5, but the major indexes managed to eke out a green close for the session but ended down for the week. As I mentioned daily, the potential trade wars, along …
Overnight Futures Carnage; Markets Recover And Wipe Out Losses
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The futures markets looked downright ugly last night with Dow being down over 400 points, as the fallout from Wall Street-friendly Gary Cohn’s resignation made headlines around the world. The weakness spread into today’s session early on, but by mid-day a slow and steady crawl back materialized with the Nasdaq gaining, the Dow …
Snapping The Losing Streak
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After last week’s drubbing, and an early morning pullback, the major indexes managed a broad-based bounce back with Wall Street traders looking past the trade war rhetoric by focusing on economic data and hope that the sell-off was overdone. Even political uncertainty in Italian elections, where a populist anti-euro party made a better-than-expected …
Seesaw Session Favors Bulls; Short Squeeze Pushes Dow Up 600 Points
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was another wild ride in the markets, as the indexes spent most of the session sharply vacillating around the unchanged line. Volatility picked up and price action was so violent during times that it was almost impossible to get a read on an ETF price for more than a fraction of a …
New Highs for S&P 500 and Nasdaq
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Two of the three major indexes stormed into record territory again after upbeat earnings boosted investor sentiment, and the bulls shifted into overdrive ignoring the Dow’s weakness. Helping matters was Netflix’s rally, as it topped the $100 million market cap. Also throwing in an assist was the ending of the government shutdown, although …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 19, 2018
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 …