[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The major indexes zigzagged throughout the session but ended up on a sour note by trending towards the day’s lows. The S&P 500 managed to defend its 2,500 level successfully—so far. Not helping the bulls for the second day in a row was Apple (AAPL), which dropped another -1.72% causing the Nasdaq to …
Fed Plans To Scale Back Stimulus; US Dollar Spikes; Dow & S&P Set New Records
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets I had to laugh this morning when some news reports called the Nasdaq as having “plunged” in view of Apples weakness (-1.68%). It turned out that the Nasdaq merely retreated a meager -0.3% which appears to be, in that ‘new normal’ world we’re living in, quite a noteworthy drop. Go figure… Of course, …
Wall Street Bets On ‘No Interest Rate Hike’
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Despite past warnings by the Fed that more interest hikes might be forthcoming, reality appears to show a different picture. As I have posted almost daily, the 10-year bond yield spiked and made its high for the year in early March at 2.62%, after which it zigzagged to a low of 2.05% earlier …
Bullish Mood Prevails
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Despite sudden market weakness developing late in the session, with technology and biotech being spooked the most, the major indexes recovered a good chunk of their early gains and ended in the green with the Dow notching its 40th record close of the year. Helping matters were reduced tensions between N. Korea and …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For September 15, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/09/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-09142017/ MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: S&P 500 CONQUERS ITS 2,500 LEVEL [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets As we have become accustomed to, news reports, that should affect markets negatively, were ignored as the major indexes continued relentlessly higher with the S&P managing, at the very last minute, to close above its 2,500 marker for the first time. …
Weak Economic Data Keeps Markets In Check
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets While the Dow managed to close in the green for the 3rd straight session in a row, the broader market sagged a little based on weak retail shares that had the sector (XRT) giving back -0.72%. A couple of other numbers did absolutely nothing to instill confidence in an already declining economy. Consumer …