A couple of minor technical problems called “business” and “life” have now intruded on my increasingly bogged down publication schedule that, in the interest...
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The Associated PressStock Futures Climb Ahead of US DataFox BusinessTraders overcame a round of grim economic data from Europe and Asia on Thursday, pushing stock-index futures mildly into the green as they awaited reports on the US labor and manufactu...
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Investorplace.comJPMorgan 'Compelling' Despite Lower Price Target: UBSTheStreet.comBy Philip van Doorn 05/22/12 - 07:57 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- UBS analyst Brennan Hawken on Tuesday lowered his price target for JPMorgan Chase (JPM) but a...
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IBTimes.co.ukEuropean Crisis Live: Cautious Rebound in Asia Lifts Markets Ahead of SummitIBTimes.co.ukBy Martin Baccardax: Subscribe to Martin's RSS feed The Euro pops past 1.2805 against the dollar as the tone improves across all asset classes. Pe...
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Moneycontrol.comBrent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talksReuters* EU leaders meet on Wednesday to tackle debt crisis * World powers due for nuclear talks with Iran on Wednesday * US crude stocks up, products unchanged last week - poll (Upda...
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(via AFP) The finance ministers of France and Germany were to hold crisis talks in Berlin Monday, aiming to resolve differences ahead of a key European summit as debt-stricken Greece flirts with a eurozone exit. Wolfgang Schaeuble hosts Pierre Moscovici to thrash out a common line for Wednesday’s Brussels summit…
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Telegraph.co.ukFacebook Drops Below IPO Price In Pre-Market TradingForbesFacebook shares fell below its IPO price in this morning's pre-market trading. At 8:30 am, the stock is trading at $36.70, down 3.9%. The IPO price is a key psychological benc...
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ForbesThe Week Ahead: All Eyes On Europe's Escalating CrisisForbesInvestors assuming the euro zone crisis will escalate. “We assume that the eurozone crisis will escalate and further increase pressure on the European Central Bank,” wrote Philip...
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Kansas City StarStock Futures Jump; Facebook Debut on TapFox BusinessBy Adam Samson The markets looked to close out the tough week on a high note, with stock-index futures solidly in the green, as traders looked forward to Facebook's highly anticip...
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The Associated PressUS STOCKS-Futures fall on Europe concern, data on tapReuters* European shares hit fresh 2012 low * Weekly jobless claims data on tap * Wal-Mart shares rise after results * Futures down: Dow 35 pts, S&P 4.1 pts, Nasdaq 10.5 pt By...
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CNBC.comJapan's Economy Grew 1% in January-March QuarterCNBC.comJapan's economy grew 1.0 percent in January-March from the previous quarter, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast...
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Facebook fervor fierce ahead of IPO (via AFP) Facebook frenzy is spreading ahead of the company’s big-time stock market debut, with anything from Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie to the billion-dollar buy of Instagram sparking controversy. Speculation about the promise or pitfalls of owning a piece of the world’s leading social network was so feverish…
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Financial PostAhead of payrolls, stock futures signal dipReuters| PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.12 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.06 percent a...
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Independent OnlineRPT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares, oil dip before US payrollsReuters* European shares fall as US jobs data eyed * Figures may sharpen unease over US economy * Brent crude heads for biggest weekly loss this year * Currencies, bonds flat ahead ...
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AFPAsia shares lower ahead of US jobs dataAFPBy Danny McCord (AFP) – 41 minutes ago HONG KONG — Asian shares mostly slipped in nervous trade on Friday ahead of closely watched US jobs figures later in the day, at the end of a week that has provided...
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Nervousness ahead of US jobs report (via AFP) Trepidation foreshadows the release of key US jobs figures on Friday, a report that will mold perceptions about the path of the economy and the race for the White House. The Labor Department will publish jobs data for April, which economists expect to show unemployment stuck...
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(Reuters) - The euro zone has agreed to take a big leap forward in economic integration, but failed to deliver a convincing answer to investors worried about its ability to tackle threatening debt crises in Italy and Spain.
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October 21, 2011, 11:19 AM ET.
ECRI Leading Index: Yes, It’s Still Falling.
By Mark Gongloff
ECRI
ECRI weekly leading index rolling growth rate. Click for big image.You wouldn’t know it from the rally in risk assets today — even copper is jum...
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Funny, just yesterday afternoon we pointed out the irony of nobody caring about the fact that Bill Gross had loaded up the boat on the long end of the yield curve, a gamble that obviously meant one thing: He sees no growth or inflation ahead -- esse...
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(For those new to Elliott Wave, please read The Big Picture: SPX Long Term Count and Projections.)There is an interesting scenario developing between the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) and the S&P 500 (SPX). The NDX appears to have completed its 1...
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There are some indications that the market is at or within a day or two of a short term low, including the testing of major support, but intermediate signals suggest that 6 weeks of decline lie ahead.
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10:53 am
From Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors
So we get an early start to the Europe goes home rally?
Since by now even my mother knows that US stocks rally when Europe goes home, it only makes sense to rally well ahead of it? It has become too we...
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In Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix sang: “can’t you see my signals turn from green to red / And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead.” In global financial markets, the signals have changed from green to red. But rather than a sim...
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SPX and Oil Update: The Market Appears to Have Finally Reached the Tipping Point
Who remembers Sniglets from HBO's series, Not Necessarily the News? Sniglets are words that should be in the dictionary, but aren't. One that sticks with me from my youth, and which comes to mind now, is: Pielibrium - n. The...
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