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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While equities and gold usually diverge, today both gained, but the precious metal put on a superior performance with GLD adding +1.22% vs. the S&P 500s meager +0.17%. After the Nasdaq’s outstanding outing yesterday, the tech sector was due for a time out, and the index surrendered -0.81%. Market sentiment was cheerful after …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Right after the opening bell, the Nasdaq took over and lead the major indexes via a steady ramp to a green close. The Dow barely closed to the upside, while the S&P 500 showed a decent increase, but that one paled compared to the tech sector’s chest pounding 2.51% surge. Much of this …

[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 …