[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite continued weakness in Facebook (FB -2.56%), the tech sector as a whole managed to recover from yesterday’s sell-off with QQQ rebounding a modest +0.55%. Supporting action came from the loser YTD, namely the energy sector (XLE), which gained +0.56%. Facebook’s troubles with privacy violations continue to make headlines but, as I suggested …
Igniting Trade-War Worries Punish Markets; GDP Forecast Slammed
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets A host of headlines appeared to punish the markets by pushing the major indexes down for the third day in the row. First, there was more jawboning about tough trade talk with China, as the administration announced a $100 billion annual China deficit target from last year’s $375 billion. Of course, retaliation is …
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 …
Markets Resemble A Bucking Bronco
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The S&P 500 chart clearly demonstrates the kind of trading session we saw today with wild swings in the averages, below and above their respective trend lines, resembling a bucking bronco. In the end, the bulls notched a victory and scored modest gains. There were only two news items which created this wild …
Equities Spike As Bond Yields Pull Back
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After several failed rally attempts early last week, the bulls regained the upper hand with the major indexes advancing for the third day in a row. Fears, that the Fed might be on a rate hike binge, were alleviated when 2 of the Fed’s mouth pieces took front and center and calmed down …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For February 23, 2018
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2018/02/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-02-22-2018/ FINALLY—A RALLY WITH LEGS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Finally, after the third attempt in as many days, the major indexes managed not only to hang on to an early rally but also to build on it by spiking late in the session and closing at the highs. This was enough to turn weekly …