[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The eagerly expected print of the current Producer Price Index (PPI) clearly showed the error of assuming that inflation will be transitory. For a change, analysts had forecast an eye popping 8.6% YoY rise in producer prices, and they nailed that number, which represents a new record high for YoY increases. MoM, the …
Dancing In Record Territory
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After Friday’s mid-day dump, which was followed by a pump into the close, the markets registered their best week in over 6 months not for equities but also for bonds and gold. This meme dominated today’s trading environment and was supported by Congress having passed the $ 1 trillion infrastructure spending package. While …
Swinging Wildly
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was another wild ride in the markets with the Dow spending the session in the red yet closing just about unchanged. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq never dropped below their respective unchanged lines and continued their record run with the latter showing more bullish momentum than the former. The S&P produced its …
The Fed Appeases Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The eagerly awaited Fed announcement came and went and contained no surprises. As anticipated, the pandemic bond buying program of $120 billion/month is scheduled to be reduced by $15 billion starting 11/21 presumably due to the economy being strong enough to handle it. The Fed then gave the bulls the ultimate assist by …
Market Anticipation: The Fed Will Please
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Anxiety about the upcoming Federal Reserve decision tomorrow seems to have evaporated, because equities continued their pursuit of all-time highs with the S&P 500 finishing at a record high for the third straight session, while the other two indexes set new intra-day highs. Strong earnings provided the confidence that the year-end rally will …
Bouncing Off The Unchanged Line
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite an early pump, which was quickly followed by a dump, the major indexes successfully battled the unchanged line, which turned out to be a springboard for a bounce into the close. In that process, the Dow and S&P 500 set new all-time highs, thereby maintaining the bullish theme into the first day …