[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The old adage “buy the rumor and sell the fact” certainly rang true today as the upward momentum of the past couple of days continued early in the session in anticipation of Trump’s mother of all tax cuts. While the actual announcement confirmed some leaked information, some analysts considered the tax plan a …
Earnings And Tax Cut Hopes Drive Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Caterpillar and McDonalds combined to continue yesterday’s rally with Trump’s planned tax cut announcement, scheduled for tomorrow, providing the emotional fire power. The Nasdaq managed to conquer the 6,000 level and closed solidly above it in part due to gains by heavyweights Apple and Microsoft. So far, overall profits of S&P companies are …
Relief And Hope Combine To Power Equities
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The 1st round of the French election results provided relief and hope that the current leading candidate of left wing persuasion (Emmanuel Macron) will be the one winning the final election in a couple of weeks by defeating the right-wing anti-euro and anti-establishment Marine Le Pen in a run-off. While Macron’s lead is …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For April 21, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/04/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-04202017/ EQUITIES UP FOR THE WEEK BUT SLIPPING BEFORE THE FRENCH ELECTIONS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Cautiousness prevailed prior to the closely contested 1st round of the French elections this weekend with equities pulling back but showing green numbers for the week as the S&P 500 gained +0.86%. ZH summed the past 5 trading …
Equities On A One-Way Street
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets After a higher opening, the markets remained steadfast and unwavering in making this session a positive one after the past few of days of floundering. Despite this effort, the S&P 500 still remains a few points lower than it started the month. Solid earnings by American Express stabilized the financial sector for the …
A Dying Dead-Cat-Bounce
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets An encouraging morning rally ran out of steam mid-day with the major indexes heading south and closing below their unchanged lines. The exception was the Nasdaq, which managed to cling to a gain of +0.23%. No macro data points were released today, but the weakness in the banking sector, which I addressed yesterday, …