[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The markets started the session by meandering slightly below their respective unchanged lines when a sudden dive took the starch out of any existing support. As I posted yesterday, a new headline about how close the latest trade deal might be was sure to be on deck. Well, we got trade headlines, but …
Recovering From An Early Sell-Off
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Today we experienced a market condition, which we have not seen in a while, namely not just an intra-day sell off, but also a red close of more than the occasional shocking -0.01%, at least for the Dow. Of course, I am being facetious here, but the usual end of the day ramp …
Trump-Powell Pow Wow Keep Markets Elevated
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets When the Fed announced a few weeks ago that it would be buying up Treasury debt to the tune of $60 billion a month, it sure sounded to everyone on Wall Street that another round of QE (Quantitative Easing) had started. However, Fed chief Powell insisted that this is “in no sense is …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For November 15, 2019
ETF Tracker StatSheet You can view the latest version here. DRIVING THE MARKETS: TRADE HOPE AND RETAIL HEADLINE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets While today’s headline retail number showed a rise of +0.3% MoM, which was better than the expected +0.2%, the under the hood core number looked mixed at best by only rising +0.1% MoM vs. …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 11/14/2019
ETF Data updated through Thursday, November 14, 2019 Methodology/Use of this StatSheet: 1. From the universe of over 1,800 ETFs, I have selected only those with a trading volume of over $5 million per day (HV ETFs), so that liquidity and a small bid/ask spread are assured. 2. Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) Buy or Sell decisions for Domestic and International …
Trade Pessimism Keeps Markets In Check
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The bouncing below the unchanged lines went on throughout the session with the major indexes having a hard time seeing green, with only the S&P 500 and Dow briefly peeking into positive territory. The cause for this lack of upward momentum turned out to be usual culprit, namely the latest trade reports casting …