ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 12, 2018

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ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2018/01/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-01-11-2018/ MORE RECORDS IN THE BOOKS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Earnings season unofficially started with a bang, as the major indexes continued their march into uncharted territory with optimism about the upcoming corporate report cards taking center stage. All 3 major indexes spiked again with consumer discretionary and energy shares leading the gains. Looking …

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 …

Logging The First Down Day Of The Year

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[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 …

Edging Higher

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It wasn’t much of a gain, but a gain nevertheless, as the major indexes ended their 2-day slide to close in the green by a small margin. Trading was subdued during this Holiday shortened week, as new catalysts were lacking, and I don’t expect much movement in equities over the last trading days …

Low Volume Equals Directionless Meandering

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was a tug-of-war between Apple (AAPL -2.53%) and the retail sector as the former fell and the latter rallied (XRT +1.12%). Crude oil (+2.27%) through in some bullish support but it the end, the major indexes headed south by a slight margin. Of course, Holiday shortened weeks invite low volume, so the …