[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Not only did the Dow’s 4-day win streak come to an end today, all 3 major indexes showed the same pattern; that is slowly deteriorating momentum throughout the session and closing at the lows. There were no green numbers to be found only varying degrees of losses. Faring the best, were International SmallCaps …
Struggling To Stay Above Water
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets An early rally, ahead of the Fed minutes, fizzled after their release with the S&P 500 kissing its unchanged line before rebounding and ending up slightly in the green. The Dow and Nasdaq followed suit in similar fashion. Contributing to some turmoil was President Trump’s decision to disband his advisory panel while political …
Equities In Relief Mode As Tensions Subside
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets With the geopolitical tensions having been pushed hard by the MSM (Main Stream Media) last week, it’s no surprise that after the incessant jawboning waned, dip buyers appeared to ramp the indexes back towards their recent highs. The Dow turned out to be today’s laggard while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained solidly …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For August 11, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/08/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-08102017/ BOUNCING OFF THE BOTTOM [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets We saw a little bit of a recovery, after yesterday’s shakeout caused by N. Korea jitters, with the major indexes clawing back to close above the unchanged line. The gains were tiny but at least the Nasdaq had a solid showing with +0.64%; Semiconductors did …
N. Korea: Simmering Tensions Punish Equities
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The war drums with N. Korea were beating louder today as the high octane rhetoric was turned up a notch with a “preemptive strike” headline and similar dialogues pulling stocks down for the 3rd consecutive day. The session ended with the major indexes at their lows, which will make for an interesting opening …
Dow Squeezes Out Another Record; Energy Slumps
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The broader market, weighed down by a slumping energy sector (-1.43%), simply could not keep up with the Dow, which notched its seventh consecutive all-time high, although by only the slightest of margins. Not helping the bulls was the fact that the US services economy presented a mixed picture as one component (PMI) …