The markets start the week by taking investors for a wild ride on the wonderful rollercoaster of emotions. Monday the market surged higher sending the major indices up over 1%. The S&P 500 index ETF
But all that came to a crashing end on Tuesday as the markets erased all of Monday's gains and then some. The decline on Tuesday sent all of the major index ETFs into the red for the week and left investors wondering why these major one-day reversals keep happening. Could it be a sign of more weakness to come?
Many investors look to Gold as a safe haven trade, so many were wondering if Gold would give any hints as to the market direction. The Gold ETF (NYSE; GLD) has been steadily trending higher, and boasts just over a 1% gain on the week. Volume crept higher Tuesday as investors did in fact seem to be headed for the safe haven commodity.
One area of the market that investors do not go when weakness looms is the retail sector. The retail stocks
Meanwhile, oil continues to get stronger and stronger. The Oil ETF