[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Private sector hiring as reported by ADP, which added a seasonally adjusted and bigger–than-expected 253k rise in employment for May, set the tone for the market, as the major indexes climbed steadily above the unchanged line and into record territory. As has been the case in the recent past, negative news like US …
Closing Out May On A Weak Note
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets For the second day in a row, the major indexes limped slightly lower but ended up closing the out the month on the plus side. The Nasdaq took the lead with +2.5%, followed by the S&P 500 with +1.2%, while the Dow desperately hung on to the unchanged line but conquering it by …
Going Nowhere Fast
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The markets seemed to have a hangover after the 3-day weekend with the major averages remaining stuck below the unchanged line giving back some of last week’s gains. Macro data continues to head south as consumer confidence dropped to its weakest since February confirming that hope has faded as evidenced by plans to …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For May 26, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/05/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-05252017/ PUSHING HIGHER [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Despite treading water all day, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq managed to crawl slightly above the unchanged line, thanks to a last minute levitation, thereby closing at another all-time high. Today’s assist came from a rise in consumer discretionary stocks like Best Buy (BBY), which pulled back …
S&P 500 And Nasdaq Eke Out New Record Highs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets After the break through the glass ceiling yesterday, the major indexes managed to maintain upward momentum to score gains for the 6th consecutive day recovering all losses sustained during last week’s dump. While the Dow lagged, the S&P and Nasdaq shot up into record territory. Stocks still felt good the morning after digesting …
Last Hour Surge Pushes Indexes To Record Highs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets I’ve been mentioning the glass ceiling during recent posts, and today was the day when the S&P 500 managed to break out of a 4-day sideways pattern to close the session at a new record but only by a tiny margin while setting a 2017 volume low. Most of the day was spent …