Stocks Drop Before The New Year As Investors Secure 2014 Profits

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks pulled back from record highs today as both the S&P 500 and Dow closed lower. Utilities, which have been 2014’s best performing sector, led the decline with a drop of 2.1%. Perhaps investors are closing out a profitable year, given the fact that the Dow edged above 18,000 and the S&P …

Markets Close Mixed On Light Trading; Oil At Lowest Price In 5 ½ Years

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended mixed today; however, the S&P 500 once again reached a record high. That marks the 53rd record close this year. Now is not the time to be shy at the pump, because oil prices fell another 2% with crude for Friday delivery settling at $53.61 a barrel. Speaking of oil, …

Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 12/24/2014

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ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Wednesday, December 24, 2014 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms.   1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY — since 10/22/2014 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI), broke through its long-term trend line generating a “Sell” for this arena effective 10/14/2014, …

Dow Ekes Out Gain

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It was nice start to a continuation of the current upward momentum but, while the S&P 500 fell back later on, the Dow managed its 37th record close of 2014. It was a Holiday shortened session on extreme light volume, so not much should be read into today’s action. Helping the indexes …

Dow Conquers 18,000 For The First Time

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1.Moving the Markets Markets continued their rally today following news reports of continued economic growth and the strongest consumer sentiment we have seen since 2007. The government released numbers today that showed GDP expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5% for the three months ended September 30th. The S&P 500 gained 0.2%, the Dow …

Upward Bias Continues

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Despite a slow start, the major indexes picked up steam during mid-day with the Dow and S&P 500 closing at record levels—again. The theme that the Fed won’t be raising rates at anytime soon proved to be the driver for today’s session. This was the fourth straight day of gains, since Fed …