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Square exploring stock market debut: reports – Phys.org

Payments company Square has informed US regulators privately that it is exploring going public with a stock market debut, according to reports Friday.

The mobile payments and financial services startup launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stealthily looking into an initial public offering of stock.
He’s doing so under legislation that lets young, growing companies secretly begin the process if they […]

Square exploring stock market debut: reports – Business Insider

© AFP/File Justin TallisSquare, the mobile payments and financial services startup launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, pictured, has informed US regulators privately that it is exploring going public with a stock market debut, according to reportsSan Francisco (AFP) – Payments company Square has informed US regulators privately that it is exploring going public with a stock market debut, according […]

A few big winners keep U.S. stock market afloat in 2015 – Business …

Thomson ReutersTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York(Reuters) – Amazon’s stock price surge into Friday made it the latest of a series of companies to boom following results, and its performance this year, along with a few others, has basically kept the S&P 500 above water.Data from S&P […]

Beijing says it will intervene 'when necessary' to stabilize China's …

Jason Lee / REUTERSSee AlsoChina pays a price to avert stock market crashChina’s small investors are looking for a way out of stocksInvestors aren’t convinced by China’s efforts to stop the $2.8 trillion market routA commentary in the Communist Party’s flagship publication yesterday suggests the mainland government is prepared to intervene in the stock market again if turbulence returns.The article […]

Why The Stock Market is Too Risky Right Now – Altucher Confidential

People have called me a “perma-bull” forever. Mish Shedlock called me a “wacko”. Zerohedge has called me insane. Nouriel Roubini has laughed in my face. My daughters still quote Don Luskin when he was on CNBC shaking his head and saying, “James, James, James…” while laughing after I said the market was going to hit new highs.
Well, the market has […]

The Meaning of China's Stock Market Intervention – Council on …

Author: Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow for Southeast AsiaJuly 23, 2015BloombergShare–
The spectacle of the stock market meltdown in China has led many analysts and investors to see an upside to the downturn. The slump is “the most serious crisis” facing President Xi Jinping “since he came to power,” China commentator Willy Lam told an audience of academics in Vancouver on July […]

Stocks are frighteningly expensive! – Business Insider

Getty Images/Mohd RasfanAs regular readers know, for the past ~21 months I have been worrying out loud about US stock prices. Specifically, I have suggested that a decline of 30% to 50% would not be a surprise.I haven’t predicted a crash. But I have said clearly that I think stocks will deliver returns that are way below average for the next […]

Stock Market News for July 23, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Massive decline in technology stocks following earnings releases from Apple and Microsoft dragged major benchmarks to negative territory for the second-consecutive day. Meanwhile, another slump in oil prices also weighed on energy shares, which in turn had a negative impact on markets. However, encouraging existing home sales data boosted housing stocks on Wednesday.For a look at the issues currently facing […]

Morgan Stanley's stock-market guru throws shade … – Business Insider

CNBCMorgan Stanley’s Adam Parker.Morgan Stanley chief US equity strategist Adam Parker does not want to acknowledge the permabears right now, even with stocks at all-time highs.Nor does Parker think these folks deserve credit when we finally get a stock-market correction.”We all know lots of people who have called 17 of the last zero corrections,” Parker wrote in a note to […]

Commodities Collapsed Just Before The Last Stock Market Crash …

Commodities Collapsed Just Before The Last Stock Market Crash – So Guess What Is Happening Right Now?
By Michael Snyder, on July 22nd, 2015If we were going to see a stock market crash in the United States in the fall of 2015 (to use a hypothetical example), we would expect to see commodity prices begin to crash a few months […]