[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets Never mind the political crisis in Germany. European equities started the day rallying sharply and then handed the baton to the US giving domestic stocks the opportunity to run towards the finish line, which they did assisted by the VIX, which got hammered to 9 (from its recent high of 12). That allowed …
Carving Out New Highs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets It appears that we’re back to normal—the new normal that is. I am talking about the pattern we’ve come to know very well this year. Namely, a weak opening followed by a mid-day bounce and a strong finish accompanied by new all-time highs. That’s exactly what we got, as the major indexes scored …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For October 27, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/10/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-10262017/ A SLOW START FOLLOWED BY A STRONG FINISH [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The week started out slow, and it looked like the major indexes might finish to the downside. Well, that did not happen as Amazon’s good results today put some fuel under the Nasdaq with the index rocketing higher by +2.2%. Not …
Coming Off The Highs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Some earnings disappointments pulled the rug out from under the major indexes causing them to drop around -0.5% across the board. The big losers were Chipotle (CMG) and AMD, which tanked -14.58% and -13.47% respectively. Also weighing on the markets were Boeing, Goldman, IBM and Caterpillar. Looking at the big picture, all S&P …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For September 8, 2017
ETF Tracker StatSheet https://theetfbully.com/2017/09/weekly-statsheet-etf-tracker-newsletter-updated-09072017/ A SLIPPERY WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Last week’s upward momentum slowed, and the major indexes limped lower, although by a modest amount with the S&P 500 surrendering -0.65%. All eyes were on hurricane Irma, which threatens to make landfall in Florida sometime this weekend, and it is considered to be a “life-threatening …
Indexes Slide But ‘Buy Signals’ Remain Intact
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Not only did the Dow’s 4-day win streak come to an end today, all 3 major indexes showed the same pattern; that is slowly deteriorating momentum throughout the session and closing at the lows. There were no green numbers to be found only varying degrees of losses. Faring the best, were International SmallCaps …