Given Monday's gains and most of the indices move to within reach of new record highs, it would be easy to assume the underpinnings of the rally are plenty healthy. That's not actually the case though. In reality, the market's breadth and depth –the rallies participation and subsequent volume — are done only unhealthy, they're getting sicker. Specifically, the number...
Given Monday's gains and most of the indices move to within reach of new record highs, it would be easy to assume the underpinnings of the rally are plenty healthy. That's not actually the case though. In reality, the market's breadth and depth –the rallies participation and subsequent volume — are done only unhealthy, they're getting sicker. Specifically, the number...
Recent weeks have seen sharp drops in the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving averages By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch Major U.S. stock-market indexes are trading near record levels, but does that statistic simply mask an ominous picture that’s being painted behind the scenes? Market breadth, a measure of how many stocks are rising versus the number that are dropping,...
Recent weeks have seen sharp drops in the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving averages By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch Major U.S. stock-market indexes are trading near record levels, but does that statistic simply mask an ominous picture that’s being painted behind the scenes? Market breadth, a measure of how many stocks are rising versus the number that are dropping,...
Though the market technically hammered out a gain last week (with the Dow Jones Industrial Average even managing to reach a record high above 22,000), it was an ugly, grinding effort, with stocks still struggling to get traction. Indeed, while the Dow was edging higher, the all-important NASDAQ Composite was struggling to hold its ground, and is currently at risk...
Though the market technically hammered out a gain last week (with the Dow Jones Industrial Average even managing to reach a record high above 22,000), it was an ugly, grinding effort, with stocks still struggling to get traction. Indeed, while the Dow was edging higher, the all-important NASDAQ Composite was struggling to hold its ground, and is currently at risk...
Anyone reading this likely already knows just how good Friday's morning's employment stats for July were. Though already at rock-bottom levels, the unemployment rate managed to ratchet down another notch to 4.3% on the heels of 209,000 new payrolls. Economists were calling for an unemployment rate of 4.3%, though they were also only looking for 181,000 new jobs. It's a...
Anyone reading this likely already knows just how good Friday's morning's employment stats for July were. Though already at rock-bottom levels, the unemployment rate managed to ratchet down another notch to 4.3% on the heels of 209,000 new payrolls. Economists were calling for an unemployment rate of 4.3%, though they were also only looking for 181,000 new jobs. It's a...
Though it seems like it only started a few days ago, Q2's earnings season is closer to its end than its beginning. As of the end of last week, two-thirds of the S&P 500's companies have submitted their second quarter results. So far so good. The large cap index is on pace to earn $30.62 for Q2, down just a...
Though it seems like it only started a few days ago, Q2's earnings season is closer to its end than its beginning. As of the end of last week, two-thirds of the S&P 500's companies have submitted their second quarter results. So far so good. The large cap index is on pace to earn $30.62 for Q2, down just a...
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