All three major US stock indexes fell Friday, capping the largest weekly decline in US stock markets in nearly two months. The catalyst for Friday’s sell-off was a very weak series of sales figures and projections from three corporations tied to consumer spending: Amazon, the largest online retailer; Wal-Mart, the largest brick-and-mortar retailer; and Visa, the credit and debit card […]
Originally published July 25, 2014 at 6:38 AM | Page modified July 26, 2014 at 3:04 AMNEW YORK —
Investors got some bad news about the American shopper on Friday, driving down stocks and sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a loss for the week.Two major U.S. companies — the retail giant Amazon and the credit card processor Visa — […]
SummaryRight now investors love what the Federal Reserve is doing even though more and more commentators want the Fed to start moving to higher interest rates.
The stock market remains near historic highs even though many indicators, like CAPE, point to the market being over-valued.
Even if the stock market is over-valued, the crucial question concerns the timing of a downward adjustment.
Investors […]
After Thursday’s stunning news about Malaysia Airlines MH17 being targeted, and hit, with a surface-to-air missile — while comfortably flying at a cruising altitude of 33,000 feet — renewed fears of travel are now top-of-mind. And even though the aftermath remains to be felt in political and financial circles, the one thing many Wall Street analysts are wondering today is […]
Stock Market SPX Highs A Fed IllusionStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 18, 2014 – 03:42 PM GMTBy: Zeal_LLCThe surreal US stock markets have continued melting up in recent months, spurred ever higher by the Federal Reserve’s money printing and jawboning. The resulting record highs in the headline indexes have been widely trumpeted by Wall Street as evidence of a strong […]
On Tuesday, Janet Yellen gave testimony before Congress. She does this twice a year, just after the conclusion of her semiannual “Run for the Presses” charity marathon. In her speech, Fed chair Yellen stated that, despite the recent strong job reports, she won’t conclude that the economy has recovered until the following metrics are met:
1. Wages must rise.2. Discouraged workers […]
GoGrowth Stocks Showed Weakness On Above Average TradePosted by: : Paul EbelingPosted on: July 16, 2014GoGrowth Stocks Showed Weakness On Above Average TradeIBB, GS, JPM, LO, RAI, FB, MCO, TWTR, YELP, JBHTDJIA +2.9% YTD , S&P 500 +6.8% YTD, NAS 100 +5.7% YTD , Russell 2000 -0.8% YTDDJIA +5.26 at 17060.68, NAS 100 -24.03 at 4416.39, S&P 100 -3.82 at 1973.28Volume: trade was above average at 716-M/shrs changing hands on the […]
More Stock Market Weakness Ahead?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 14, 2014 – 09:43 AM GMTBy: Andre_GratianCurrent Position of the MarketSPX: Very Long-term trend – The very-long-term cycles are in their down phases, and if they make their lows when expected, there will be another steep decline into late 2014. However, the Fed policy of keeping interest rates low has severely […]
ShutterstockThis is a column about “Big Data” and a new way to predict the results of presidential elections for the next 20 years.We begin with the rise of Nate Silver, the former baseball statistician retained by The New York Times, and his blog, “FiveThirtyEight,” which accurately predicted the results of the 2008 vote in 49 of the 50 states. He […]
Originally published July 11, 2014 at 6:42 AM | Page modified July 12, 2014 at 12:36 AMNEW YORK —
U.S. stocks stabilized and ended with a small gain Friday, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the market’s biggest weekly drop since April.Investors became more cautious this week as corporate earnings for the April-June period began trickling in. Worrisome news about a […]
