[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks climbed today, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index within two points of its all-time closing high and lifting the Dow to yet another record high, after government data showed jobless claims dropped unexpectedly last week to the lowest level in almost two months in a sign the economy is expanding. Earlier in the …
Dow Records Longest Winning Streak Since 1996 On Retail Sales; Europe Lower On Data, Italy Auction
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Domestic equities rose marginally with the Dow Industrials capping its longest wining streak since 1996 after data showed retail sales increased in February the most in five months, bolstering confidence in the world’s largest economy. Economic numbers from Europe dampened sentiment before markets opened today. Data released by the EU statistics office showed industrial production fell …
Stocks Close Mostly Lower, But Dow Hits Record; European Stocks End Flat
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks closed mostly lower Tuesday as the S&P 500 snapped a seven day winning spree, but the blue-chip Dow Industrials staged a late-session turnaround to finish at a record high for the sixth straight day. Meanwhile, amid the continuing saga of Washington’s budget wars, House Republicans introduced a plan to cut the deficit to $528 …
Index ETFs Continue Record Run As S&P Nears Record High; Europe Eases On Italy
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US indexes continued their record run Monday with the S&P 500 rising within nine points of the all-time high, while a gauge of market volatility slipping to the lowest level in six years as banks rallied and Apple Inc gained. Stocks tumbled earlier after National Bureau of Statistics data showed Chinese industrial output grew 9.9 percent …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 8, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03072013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 8, 2013 MARKET INDEXES GAIN MORE THAN 2 PERCENT FOR THE WEEK; EUROPE RISES ON US JOBS DATA US indexes notched weekly gains of more than 2 percent as the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500 closed higher for …
Dow Continues Record Run As Jobless Claims Dip; Europe Slips On ECB
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US indexes continued their upward momentum with the Dow Industrials closing at a new record high as the number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits fell to a six-week low, showing further improvement in the labor market. Ahead of Thursday’s open, the Labor Department said initial applications for unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly to 340,000 last …