[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The above picture is worth a thousand words. U.S. equity markets closed in negative territory for the fourth-straight session to start the week off on a sour note, after energy shares dropped and Treasury yields again jumped to a two-year high. Today marked the first occurrence of a 4-day losing streak for both the S&P 500 …
One Man’s Opinion: Is A Continuation Of The Stock Market Rally Linked To Fed Stimulus?
When the S&P 500 first hit the 1,700 mark, it was evident the market is going to enter a trade range for the rest of the year, says Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management. The market is going to digest three really big things now. First, will be digesting the big move it already had since last …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, August 16, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/08/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-08152013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, August 16, 2013 Treasury Yields Surge While Stocks Continue To Head South U.S. equity markets extended their recent decline into the final hour of trading, in which stocks attempted to erase most of their losses before ultimately closing the session …
Index ETFs See Red On Continued Fed Fear
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The U.S. equity markets extended yesterday’s selloff to close decisively lower, the most since June as forecasts from Cisco Systems Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. disappointed while a large dose of mixed domestic data added to investor worries that the Federal Reserve may begin tapering in the near future. About 6.6 billion shares exchanged hands on …
Fed Tapering Haunts Markets Again
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Domestic equity markets continued the recent downward trend with trading volumes about 22 percent below the 100-day average. Earnings season is winding down and economic indicators present a mixed view, complicating predictions of the Fed’s next policy action. Mixed economic data has led to heightened anxiety that the Federal Reserve may begin to taper its asset …
Major Market ETFs Finally Halt Multi-Day Slide
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. equities finished strong in a volatile session on Tuesday, as investors weighed a lackluster domestic retail sales report and tepid small business optimism with better-than-expected reports from across the Atlantic. Treasuries finished lower following the US data; gold saw pressure, while crude oil prices and the US dollar moved higher. Below-average volume has persisted through …