[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It was a mixed bag with upbeat economic news not being able to offset the anxiety about tomorrow’s inauguration. Besides sinking equities, bonds and gold dropped as well while the US dollar and crude oil bucked the trend and closed up. On the economic front, housing starts rose but building permits inched slightly …
Financials Provide A Last Minute Boost
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It’s been no secret that the post-election rally hit a speed bump with the S&P 500 having moved within a 4 point range, on a closing basis, for the past 2 weeks. Anxiety continues to prevail as to whether Trump can really deliver on his campaign promises. Retail shares were the anchor weighing …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For January 13, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/01/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-01122017/ Banks Pumped And Dumped [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Facebook’s 1.36% gain, the result of a stock upgrade by Raymond James, helped push the Nasdaq into record territory; the Dow faded below the unchanged line, and the S&P 500 managed to inch +0.18% higher for the day but gave back -0.1% for the week. …
The Trump Trade Deteriorates
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Things started out to the downside with the S&P 500 sliding almost 1% after Wall Street had some time to digest President-elect Trump’s press conference. Disappointment spread as he chose not to discuss details of his proposed economic policies that were the main driver behind the post-election rally. However, the indexes were magically …
A Choppy Session Marked By A Late Rebound
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It was a wild ride for the major indexes as they vacillated above and below the unchanged line depending on the words of the moment during President-elect Trump’s first formal news conference since the election. Case in point was the punishing effect on Biotech/Pharma stocks when Trump opined that that industry “was getting …
Slowing Momentum
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets At least for today, New Year momentum slowed as the major indexes predominantly hovered below the unchanged line and closed at their lows for the session. The exception was the Nasdaq, which managed to eke out a gain of +0.19%. It was a tale of opposing market forces as technology strength was offset …