[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets President Trump set the tone early on for today’s rally by suggesting that “today will be a good day in the stock market,” and just in case the computer algos missed his prediction, he created more excitement via his remark that “the China deal is moving forward ahead of schedule.” Of course, we …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For October 25, 2019
ETF Tracker StatSheet You can view the latest version here. SCRAMBLING AND TOUCHING NEW ALL-TIME HIGHS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The hope that Amazon’s earnings report would provide the firepower to propel the markets into record territory proved to be false, as the behemoth showed its first profit drop in two years, causing its stock to …
Seesawing—But Limping Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s last-minute pump, to get the major indexes to a green close, finally made sense, when it became known that the Fed had injected $134 billion in liquidity in the repo markets. This event sparked a furious last hour rally, which ZH charted like this. As the table shows, the increase in liquidity …
Chopping Around Key Technical Levels
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Despite disappointing results from Boeing and Caterpillar, the markets managed an early ramp higher but were not able to sustain it, as a slow deterioration of upward momentum pulled the major indexes back below the unchanged line. Traders had one eye on the Brexit developments, where the latest parliamentary vote eased concerns about …
Touching The Glass Ceiling—And Running Out Of Steam
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It sure was a day consisting of mixed reports and, as much as I searched, I could not find a reason that might have supported the early rally. Of course, the latest earnings reports took center stage, but it seemed the disappointing results from McDonalds, Travelers and UPS were overpowering the positive ones. …
Edging Higher; S&P Reclaims The 3,000 Level
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The markets edged higher to start the week with Boeing being a drag on the Dow capping the gains by some 100 points. The S&P 500 managed to finally hold above its 3,000 level but is now homing in on overhead resistance lurking at around 3,020. Then index also has failed to close …