British stock market got talentsComing to the end of 2014 and it has been an exciting year in terms of investment. US stock market is still in bull cycle. Russia Ruble has finally rebounded after depreciated by 40% against the USD since July. China cut 1 year benchmark borrowing rate from 6% to 5.6% to simulate the slowing economy. Japan […]
Benchmarks settled in the red zone as concerns about the timing of a rate hike by the central bank rates kept investors jittery. Friday’s largely positive economic data could only lift the stocks momentarily as concerns from Thursday over a spike in US labor costs and a credit default by Argentina continued to weigh on investors. The S&P 500 posted […]
Benchmarks suffered their biggest losses in months on Thursday, following a default by Argentina, and a spike in US labor costs. Concerns about the European economy and Russia-Ukraine crisis also dragged the S&P 500 below a key technical level and the Dow dropped more than 300 points. Both these indices snapped their five-month streak of gains, while Nasdaq ended in […]
Thursday was the first very truly rough day in a long while for the indexes but it should not have been a major surprise. If you have been reading our recaps we had been mentioning how the indexes were being held up by some big names but under the surface breadth was weakening. Further the NYSE McClellan Oscillator has been […]
Stock Market Bubble WarningStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 29, 2014 – 10:38 AM GMTBy: Barry_M_FergusonEveryone has an opinion as to whether or not US stock indices are in a bubble at the present (July, 2014). Given a moment’s reflection, I came up with ten reasons US stocks are indeed in a bubble.1) Fed Chair Yellen expressed concern in mid-July (2014) […]
Investors in Lumber Liquidators (NYSE:LL) are hitting the roof, as there appears to be no floor to how low the hardwood-flooring firm will fall. Its stock, fresh from yesterday’s 8.06% implosion, is tumbling another 20.49% even as we speak. This, after the company pre-announced awful Q2 earnings that included a shocking 7.1% slide in its same-store sales.
October is hands down the single scariest […]
LikeTweet+1Football (soccer) is a religion of sorts in much of the world. Everything stops for the big games, and the World Cup is about as big as it gets. Earlier this week, as everyone nervously prepared to watch what was sure to be an epic match-up between hometown favorite Brazil, and football juggernaut Germany – (Spoiler Alert – Germany basically […]
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Stocks were mixed in late afternoon trading Monday, shedding small gains from earlier in the day. Corporate merger news and an encouraging survey of homebuilders had helped lift the market even as traders monitored the growing insurgency by Sunni militants in Iraq and its implications for global oil prices.KEEPING SCORE: The Standard […]
REUTERS/Michael DalderThe Supreme Court will not hear Argentina’s case against hedge fund creditors, and Argentina’s stock market is getting killed on the news.The Supreme Court’s decision is a major blow to Argentina, as it will now be forced to default on its debts or negotiate with creditors, which include Paul Singer’s Elliott Management.It all stems from the country’s default early […]
