[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Weighing on the major indexes was a sell-off in predominantly three sectors, which kept a lid on the usual afternoon ramp. Retail (XRT), Financials (XLF) and SmallCaps (SCHA) combined their poor performances of -2.35%, -1.38% and -1.10% respectively to keep any upward momentum from gaining speed—and they succeeded with only the Dow eking …
Dow Sets A New Record
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets While the Dow managed to eke out a new record high, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq struggled all day to get back to even with the latter just coming up short. We traded lower for most of the session as a result up Trump’s unveiling of the much-hyped tax plan. Some of the …
Major Indexes Conquer October; Sporting Biggest Increase Since February
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The month of October has been known as the bull market killer in the past. Not so this year, as the major indexes not only survived but prospered at the tune of +4.2%, +2.2% and +3.2% respectively for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The Dow actually rose at twice the pace it …
Bouncing In A Narrow Range
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets The major indexes, as well as equities in general, struggled through the session looking for some footing to use as a launching pad for the usual mid-day rebound. It worked for a while, as the unchanged line was conquered but upward momentum faded, and we closed in the red, although only fractionally. Earnings …
Wall Street Bets On ‘No Interest Rate Hike’
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the Markets Despite past warnings by the Fed that more interest hikes might be forthcoming, reality appears to show a different picture. As I have posted almost daily, the 10-year bond yield spiked and made its high for the year in early March at 2.62%, after which it zigzagged to a low of 2.05% earlier …
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 …