[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Investors were anxiously waiting to see when the Fed would start to slow its $85 billion monthly asset purchases, with most predicting September as the beginning of the end of the aggressive quantitative easing program, known as QE4. However, the Fed’s report offered no additional insight into the timing, keeping the taper anxiety of late intact. …
Stocks Finally See Green Ahead Of Fed Minutes
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] While the broader market and the Nasdaq finished with gains to snap a four-day losing streak, blue chips spent most of the day in positive territory, but took a nosedive in the last half-hour of trading to end lower. Retailers’ results surpassed estimates and investors awaited signals on stimulus measures from the Federal Reserve. Dow member …
Week Starts off on Fourth Straight Loss
[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 …