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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s hard-fought gains vanished in a hurry with bearish sentiment taking over by pulling the major indexes off their lofty levels right after the opening bell. We ended up off the lows but still in the red. Contributing to the drop were mixed corporate earnings and questionable econ data, as well as an …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early ramp ran into resistance with the major indexes pulling back sharply, and the Nasdaq dipping into the red, but a mid-session bounce pulled stocks out of the doldrums and into a green close. Today’s session was a lot choppier than yesterday’s rebound. Supporting the continued bullishness was the Fed’s account of …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While all three major indexes raced ahead and closed with solid gains, it was the Nasdaq, and to a lesser degree the S&P 500, which had to dig themselves out of a deep hole early in the session, as red numbers dominated. The late day pump came from none other than Fed Governor …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The bullish train kept on moving throughout the early part of the session, when suddenly the wheels came off, and the major indexes engaged in a swan dive, which was led in magnitude by none other than the Nasdaq. Of course, the tech sector has been on a relentless ramp since the March …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early bump in the tech sector gave way to selling, as the bears took charge of today’s session early on. Increasing coronavirus cases in Florida, Texas and California added to Wall Street’s woes with even the Nasdaq temporarily succumbing to red numbers, albeit at a lesser degree than the other major indexes. …