[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The Dow got a huge assist today from Caterpillar (CAT) and 3M, which jumped after showing a better than expected quarterly report card. Both components contributed some 150 points to the Dow’s 168 point gain—into record territory. It was a narrow advance with Healthcare (XLV) bucking the overall positive trend (-0.56%) thereby limiting …
Dow & S&P 500 End 6-Day Winning Streak
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It had to happen eventually. The winning streak came to an end today, as uncertainty reigned in regards to tax cuts and corporate earnings, of which some 200 S&P companies are scheduled to report this week. Of course, given current market levels, we are way overdue for a pause. Interestingly, the markets did …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For October 20, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/10/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-10192017/ ENDING THE WEEK WITH A BANG [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The major indexes opened up the session on the positive side of the unchanged line and never looked back, as the relentless ascent into record territory continued unabated. The big assist came from the Senate when it passed a “budget blueprint” for the …
Dipping And Ripping
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Early morning selling pressure, possibly related to the 30th anniversary of the 1987 crash, pushed the major indexes lower, with the S&P 500 being down a non-newsworthy -0.33%, before starting the long climb towards the unchanged line. Other reports were mixed with earnings being robust while political tensions in Europe and questionable economic …
IBM Surges And Pushes Dow To New Record
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Sometimes you just have to laugh. The Dow rallied sharply by some 160 points with over 100 of them coming from IBM’s jump in stock price of almost 9%, its best in 9 years. You’d think that IBM’s earnings report card set the world on fire, but that was not the case, as …
Struggling To Defend Records
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets While the Dow managed to eclipse the 23k milestone marker intra-day, it was not able to hold this level into the close by falling 3 points short. Nevertheless, the record is in the books with the Dow notching its 4th 1,000 point climb in the past 12 months—the most ever in a calendar …