[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The markets turned into a black diamond ski slope with only one way to go: Lower. The major indexes all surrendered some of their yearly gains with XLY, last year’s big winner, actually dipping into the negative YTD. Today’s downside acceleration confirmed yesterday’s international Sell signal, with the International Trend Tracking Index …
No Market Turn-Around For The Month Of September; International TTI In Bear Market Territory
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Well, we can check this month off as the worst for the markets since January. The S&P 500 finished the month down just over 1.5%, the Nasdaq dropped 1.9% and the Dow ended down 0.3%. It seems that throughout the month stocks have been hurt by conflict abroad, in places like Ukraine, …
Markets Pull Back; Rattled By Hong Kong Protests
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong shook the markets today. As if investors didn’t have enough global conflicts on their plate already. The Hong Kong protest is the latest geopolitical stir to snag Wall Street’s attention, and cause investors to pare back their risk-taking. Last week, U.S. markets went on a volatile ride …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For September 26, 2014
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/09/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-09252014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, September 26, 2014 SURVIVING A ROLLER COASTER WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets As the 5-day chart above clearly demonstrates, it was a roller coaster week, the outcome of which could have been a lot worse, had …
Markets Move From Feast To Famine—International TTI Slips Into Bear Market Territory
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets In an about face from yesterday’s dead-cat-bounce, stocks took a big hit today. Losses across the board were the worst slide in two months. The Dow dropped 1.53%, the S&P 500 fell 1.62% and the Nasdaq trumped all with a 1.94% tumble. Apple (AAPL) was the culprit in the tech stocks’ decline, …
Stocks Get Over Losing Streak On “Hump Day”
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The stock market broke its three-day losing streak today, although markets are still looking fatigued since last Friday. The S&P 500 gained 0.77%, the Dow recouped 0.9% and the Nasdaq rose 1.03%. Investors still seem to remain cautious about conflicts abroad in the U.K., Ukraine and Middle East, however, positive results that …