[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early rally, at least for the Dow, petered out with all 3 major indexes diving into the close. The S&P 500 managed to hug its unchanged line for most of the day but succumbed to weakness in the end with the Nasdaq being the guilty party dragging down the indexes. Technology continued …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For May 7, 2021
ETF Tracker StatSheet You can view the latest version here. WHEN BAD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The much-anticipated jobs numbers turned into a huge disappointment and were downright shocking when the BLS revealed that only 266k jobs were added vs. expectations of 1 million. Worse yet was the fact that, when looking …
Dipping And Ripping
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Early weakness gave way to a mid-day pump, which was followed by a date session rip with all three major indexes closing in the green. The laggard again was the Nasdaq, as “value” continued outperform “growth.” YTD, the Russell 1000 Value index has gained 17%, while the Russell 1000 Growth Index shows only …
Walking Back “The Talk”
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Supporting the initial comeback bounce in the markets was Treasury Secretary Yellen, who completely reversed her hawkish talk on interest rates. ZeroHedge presented it this way: “Let me be clear it’s not something I’m predicting or recommending,” Yellen says about rates, flip-flopping her earlier perspective entirely. Then she addressed the issue of inflation, …
Fear Of Higher Rates Spanks Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After yesterday’s strong bullish bounce into May, the picture looked anything but warm and fuzzy this morning, when the major dropped sharply but managed to rebound off their lows, however, only the Dow climbed back into the green. The Nasdaq had its worst day since March, as fears of rising inflation, concerns of …
Surging Into May
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The major indexes, except for the Nasdaq, continued last month’s bullish theme on the first trading day of May by vacillating above their respective unchanged lines, as the Dow led with a 0.70% gain. With the continual reopening of the economy retailers benefited, also supported by New York Gov Cuomo’s announcement that most …