[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks rallied big time for a second straight day. The Dow advanced 323 points today and has almost wiped out early-year losses. The advance was broad, with the S&P materials, energy and technology sectors each rising more than 2%, leading the day’s gains. The same forces that sparked the market bounce Wednesday …
Markets Bounce Back Today; Not A Fed Minute Too Soon
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets If you read yesterday’s article, you may remember that I mentioned the Dow has dropped 500 points in the last two days. Well, today the Dow regained 200 points as all major indexes rallied more than 1.15%. The Fed minutes release of their last month’s meeting was the main driver that pushed …
Markets Continue Slipping On Oil Prices
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Markets continued their shaky start to 2015 today, as all major indexes finished in negative territory. The Dow has now lost more than 500 points in the last two trading sessions and the S&P 500 is down 2.73% over the first 3 trading sessions of the year. The culprit behind the markets …
Stocks Take A Hit To Start Of 2015
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks took their biggest hit in the past couple of months with all major indexes retreating as the chart shows. Crude oil also plunged down to $49.97/barrel today, which is a nine-year low, while Europe benchmarks fell as much as 3.3%. Traders are fearful that collapsing oil prices somehow signal the rising …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For January 2, 2015
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/12/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-12312014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, January 2, 2015 SLIPPING AND SLIDING INTO THE NEW YEAR [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended mixed in 2015’s first day of trading. The S&P 500 was down about 0.03%, the Nasdaq dropped 0.20%, while the …
Major Indexes Drop As S&P 500 Turns Negative For The Month
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Equities slipped with the sell-off accelerating late in the day as volume dropped way below its three-month average. That is sure to change on Friday the first trading day of the New Year when we will be off to the races again. There was no earthshaking news other than that applications for …