[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It was another roller coaster ride with the indexes vacillating around their unchanged lines. A nice mid-day rally fizzled out and accelerated to the downside in the last hour when dip buyers stepped in to limit the damage. Volatility picked up due to rising interest rates and inflation along with uncertainty ahead of …
Stumbling But Closing In The Green
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An early rebound faltered, and the major indexes declined below the unchanged line but managed to crawl back into positive territory to close out the month with solid gains. The Dow added +5.8%, its best January since 1997, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied +5.6% and +7.4% respectively. The culprit for the …
Major Indexes Down For 2nd Straight Day
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets It should be no surprise to anyone that, given the tear the markets have been on over the past 14 months without much of an interruption, a correction or pullback was way overdue. Weakness was broad based with the main culprits being healthcare, technology, energy and financials. Especially, some of the diving healthcare …
10-Year Bond Yield Pumps And Equities Dump
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets A host of news events combined forces to pull equities off their lofty levels with the S&P 500 having its worst day in 5 months, while bonds had their worst day in 6 weeks. First, there were the NAFTA negotiations, which appeared to be progressing well, but the fly in the ointment was …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 26, 2018
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2018/01/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-01-25-2018/ BEST START TO A YEAR FOR DOW AND S&P 500 SINCE 1987 [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Another day with solid advances for the major indexes (in the face of a rising VIX) as the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 gained for the 4th week in a row (and 9 for the last 10 for …
Whip-Saw Day Keeps Dow & S&P In The Green
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Treasury secretary Mnuchin’s remarks pushed the dollar (UUP) even lower, but in the end, the day was saved by President Trump stepping in with the soothing words that Mnuchin’s statement was taken out of context and a long-term strong dollar policy was still the administration’s goal. This pumped the dollar back up, after …