[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It seems like yesterday’s trade jawboning between the US and China had taken on too harsh of a tone, so both parties attempted to ease festering tensions. News reports indicated that China was open to a “limited or partial tariff solution” while offering to increase purchases of agricultural products from US farmers to …
Markets In Retreat Mode As Trade Deal Hopes Crash And Burn
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After the Chinese offered not much hope for a successful outcome of the upcoming trade meeting, today it was the US’s turn to up the ante by blacklisting 28 Chinese companies due to alleged human-rights violations against Muslim minorities. Should this mutual hostility fest continue, Friday’s scheduled high-level trade meeting might be over …
Running Out Of Steam
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early drop was followed by a pop above the unchanged line but in the end, equities simply ran out of steam with the S&P closing at its lows for the session. Early words of hope regarding the always uncertain US-Trade relations managed to pull the markets higher, but even the often confused …
The Sea Of Red Continues
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Yesterday’s sea of red worsened today, as absolutely no bullish sentiment was found anywhere, which had the major indexes heading sharply south in one of the worst starts to a quarter since 2008. The downside leader was Transportations, which are now down 5% so far this week. In addition to Tuesday’s weak …
Markets Stagger Into A Red October
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early rally turned into a beating with the major indexes heading south all session long. The culprit was identified as downright ugly manufacturing information that had stocks and bond yields plunging. The ISM manufacturing report came in at its worst level since 2009, as the index dropped to 47.8 in September from …
Finding Some Bullish Meat On The Trade Bone
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets I mentioned last Friday that we would need a good trade headline to give stocks a boost. That is exactly what happened but not the way you think. There was no news in US-China trade arena, so the Trump administration came out and played down or disputed reports that they were considering blocking …