The ups and downs of Obamacare — from its passage to its rollout and now implementation — have consumed Washington, D.C., and American politics.But for those who run companies — and provide health insurance to more than half of all Americans — not much has fundamentally changed. Health care is still a business disease: U.S. enterprises spend more than $620 […]
Originally published June 9, 2014 at 6:27 AM | Page modified June 9, 2014 at 11:02 PM
NEW YORK — Call it the ho-hum market. Another day, another record high.News of a handful of corporate deals sent some stocks jumping Monday. And Family Dollar climbed following news that investor Carl Icahn has taken a stake in the company.With […]
Apple’s seven-for-one stock split may spark a short-term selloff, Greywolf Execution Partners Chief Technical Analyst Mark Newton said Friday. “The stock has gotten to nosebleed levels,” he said. “I don’t think the stock can make much progress before it pulls back.” On CNBC’s “Fast Money,” Newton said that the stock, which had been up more than […]
Stock Market Pop-n-drop Friday?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 06, 2014 – 03:25 PM GMTBy: Anthony_Cherniawski
SPX is against the hourly Cycle Top and upper trendline o fits Broadening Top formation. It may have completed a Micro Wave [3] of Sub-Minuette Wave v yesterday. One more surge to go. My Model suggests resistance at 1943.00, but Wave […]
It’s part of the daily routine by now: the S&P 500 index rose to another all-time high. We’ve been confronted with this miracle for a long time. The last correction when the index dropped over 10% was, well, if anyone can even remember, in 2011. And it shows.Every single bearish call on the S&P 500 has been punished with a […]
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— Pink FloydIt’s Hump Day in the City of […]
SummaryThe S&P is currently in the midst of a tremendous five-year rally and has recently reached record highs despite a sluggish American economy and decelerating growth in corporate revenues.
There are many market indicators that suggest that the market may be nearing its peak including […]
I generally do not get too surprised, but this year has been the exception. I have been surprised by the stunning drop in the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which has fallen from roughly 3% at year’s end to a low of 2.4% last week. I have been surprised, given my call to avoid utility stocks, that […]
Euro Touches More than Three-Month Low on Weak German DataBy Forexminute – Jonathan Millet | Breaking Forex News | May 28, 2014 11:23PM BSTThe euro declined to its lowest level in over three months against the dollar after Germany’s unemployment numbers rose in May, while lending in the eurozone shrunk, fuelling speculation that the European Central Bank may roll […]
The flotation will be sweetened by a pledge to ordinary retail investors that they will receive one free share for every 20 they hold on to for a year, up to the value of £2,000.Lloyds is selling approximately a quarter of the business and up to a fifth of that is expected to be purchased by retail investors.TSB, which can […]
