Positive Start To May After Hectic April

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Today marks the first trading day of May, and ushers in what has historically been the worst six-month stretch for stocks. And while there’s no denying that history shows the May-through-September period delivers far lower stock returns than the more bullish October-through-April time frame, implementing this rather extreme market-timing approach to investing …

Selloffs Drag Markets Lower

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Markets experienced one of the largest sell-off in equities over the past two months. A rising dollar value and declines in tech companies stock seemed to be the major culprits today. In tech Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) took a hit for the sixth time in seven days, suffering its largest daily decline …

Swinging Back Into Positive Territory

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Major indexes broke their two day losing streak today. All of them closed in positive territory, pushed higher by updated news of the euro zone’s quantitative easing program. The ECB will officially begin a 1 trillion euro bond-buying program on March 9th. President Mario Draghi indicated during a press conference today that …

Markets Get Boost From Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks continued to climb as investors were encouraged by Russia and Ukraine announcing a cease-fire. The S&P 500 moved within two points of a record closing high and the Nasdaq is at its highest level since March 2000. Advances today were mostly led by technology stocks in the Nasdaq. However, Cisco (CSCO) …

Stocks Flat Line Wednesday; Tesla Posts Big Losses

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets In the international realm, investors appeared to take a sideline approach as eurozone finance ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss debt-strapped Greece. The fate of cash-strapped Greece, which has become front-page news as its new anti-austerity government looks to get bailout concessions from its eurozone creditors, could become clearer as an emergency …

ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For August 15, 2014

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ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/08/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-08142014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, August 15, 2014 EQUITIES MOVE HIGHER FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The U.S. equity markets continued to recover from last week’s lows, moving higher for the second consecutive week. Solid corporate earnings results …