[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The major indexes sagged as uncertainty about the tax reform tug-of-war continued to take center stage. Not helping matters was a dive in crude oil along with weakness from heavyweights Apple (AAPL) and Boeing (BA). But the stock that really took a spanking was GE (-5.89% for the day) after cutting its dividend …
Eking Out A Tiny Gain
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The major indexes dropped into the red right after the opening bell but managed to climb out of the basement fairly quickly only to spend the rest of the session around the unchanged line without much conviction. In the end, we closed in the green but only by the slightest of margins. Upside …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For November 10, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/11/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-11092017/ MORE TAX-CUT DELAY TALK SPOOKS INVESTORS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Follow through declines from yesterday’s pullback were rebuffed early on when a slow crawl towards the unchanged line ensued. However, only the Nasdaq was able to muster enough momentum to barely close in the green. The Dow and S&P 500 just fell short …
Snapping The Winning Streak
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The Dow’s seven-day win streak came to an end today, as technology and industrials took the brunt of the sell-off, the negative effects of which were greatly reduced thanks to the afternoon rebound. However, worries about a possible delay in the implementation of the corporate tax cut plan by one year proved to …
Carving Out New Highs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It appears that we’re back to normal—the new normal that is. I am talking about the pattern we’ve come to know very well this year. Namely, a weak opening followed by a mid-day bounce and a strong finish accompanied by new all-time highs. That’s exactly what we got, as the major indexes scored …
Dow Ekes Out A Record; S&P And Nasdaq Slip
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Weighing on the major indexes was a sell-off in predominantly three sectors, which kept a lid on the usual afternoon ramp. Retail (XRT), Financials (XLF) and SmallCaps (SCHA) combined their poor performances of -2.35%, -1.38% and -1.10% respectively to keep any upward momentum from gaining speed—and they succeeded with only the Dow eking …