[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets “Dead man walking” would best describe today’s session as the major indexes continued their recent sideways pattern by vacillating above and below their respective trend lines with nothing to show for at the end. It’s been now 78 days since the S&P 500 moved 1%, which simply tells us how narrow this trading …
Apple Spikes Nasdaq; Other Indexes Flat
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets An early rally fizzled in a hurry as the Dow and S&P 500 dipped into negative territory but managed to crawl back to barely conquer the unchanged line. The Nasdaq ended solidly in the green by +0.50% thanks to gains in Apple shares, which rallied 6.1% to $128.75 and reached its highest close …
Dow Clings To Gains For The Month
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Early market momentum followed yesterday’s theme with the major indexes heading south and vacillating below their unchanged lines for most of the session. During the last hour, buyers stepped in, as the VIX was crushed, and managed to push the major indexes back towards their break-even points for the day with only the …
Wall Street Slips As The Trump Pump Turns Into The Trump Slump
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets I had to happen eventually. After a tremendous amount of hype and hope since Election Day, some sense of reality had to set in. It did today as investors worried that not all of the new President’s ideas and policies may be market friendly. Such was the case with the curb on immigration …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 27, 2017
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Keeping the major indexes in check was a report showing that US economic growth slowed in the 4th quarter expanding 1.6% for all of 2016, its worst performance since 2011. Sure, there were periods of stronger growth, such as in the third quarter, which clocked in at a 3.5% annual rate but, in …
Equities Mixed; S&P 500 Touches 2,300
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It was pretty much a day of consolidation after the Dow pierced the 20k milestone yesterday, however, the S&P 500 managed to touch the 2,300 level but backed off and closed 3 points below it. Weighing on the S&P and Nasdaq was Qualcomm, which gave back 5% after a lower-than-expected rise in quarterly …