[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets While the Nasdaq managed to ease higher by just enough of a margin to register a new record close for the 4th straight day, the Dow slipped a tad but the S&P managed to bounce against its 2,400 glass ceiling without breaking it. The Dow suffered a bit from a stock slide in …
Indexes Flat But Nasdaq Notches A New Record
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It was another non-eventful day in the markets with the Dow and S&P inching lower, however, the Nasdaq managed to eked out a new high. While earnings reports have been holding up, the spanking being dished out almost daily in the oil market along with opinions from the various Fed mouthpieces kept the …
Apple Hits $800 Billion Market Cap; Major Indexes Unchanged
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The major indexes spent today’s session in a tight range and clung to the unchanged line for most of the day. The outcome of the French elections sparked a “sell the news theme,” but US markets were stuck in a no volatility environment as the VIX was pushed down to its lowest close …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For May 5, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/05/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-05042017/ TUG OF WAR: STRONG JOBS REPORT VS. FRENCH ELECTIONS [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It was a tug of war as a strong jobs report battled for market direction against the uncertainty of the second and final round of the upcoming French elections. For the day, the on the surface positives of the jobs …
Choppy And Sloppy: Poor Macro Data; Equities Yawn; Oil Gets Spanked
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It was a choppy session with macro data serving another notice that economic conditions are weakening, a theme I have been pounding on for quite some time. Today, things started with disappointing U.S productivity, the key to a high living standard, which declined at an annual pace of 0.6% for the 1st quarter …
Looking For Direction
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It was a mixed day with the major indexes looking for a catalyst that never materialized. Equities meandered, and only the Dow managed to eke out a meager gain of +0.04%. It’s been a sideways pattern with the S&P 500 closing 2,388, 2,387, 2,388, 2,384, 2,388, 2,391 and 2,387 over the past 7 …