NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes crept higher in midday trading following a strong performance last week. The gains on Monday were wide but slight: Eight of 10 sectors in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose, though not by much.KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 edged up three points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,112 as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern […]
On Feb. 17, an article appeared in The New York Times, “As Rivals Falter, India’s Economy is Surging Ahead,” by Keith Bradsher, which, among other things, says, “The stock market and rupee are surging. Multinational companies are looking to expand their Indian operations or start new ones. The growth in India’s economy, long a laggard, just matched China’s in recent […]
Art by Mike LucasAllergen Research has raised $80 million to help tackle the problem of peanut allergies, Brian Gormley reports for Dow Jones VentureWire. The company is developing a product that desensitizes patients so that accidental exposure to peanuts doesn’t cause a severe allergic response. Peanut allergy is one of the most common of food allergies, which affect 5% of children and 4% […]
Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,Is this the end of the last great run for the U.S. stock market? Are we witnessing classic “peaking behavior” that is similar to what occurred just before other major stock market crashes? Throughout 2014 and for the early stages of 2015, stocks have been on quite a tear. Even though the […]
By Michael Snyder, on March 9th, 2015Is this the end of the last great run for the U.S. stock market? Are we witnessing classic “peaking behavior” that is similar to what occurred just before other major stock market crashes? Throughout 2014 and for the early stages of 2015, stocks have been on quite a tear. Even though the overall […]
China growth slashed, more epically dismal US data, lack of clarity from Draghi, slumping oil prices, dropping yields, surging USD… now if that isn’t a recipe for buying US equities at record highs, we don’t know what is…Stocks close unchanged from ECB…And on the day only Trannies closed red (even as oil tumbled) thanks to an aftenoon push higher…On the […]
“The Fed is out of control,” exclaims David Stockman – perhaps best known for architecting Reagan’s economic turnaround known as ‘Morning in America’ – adding that “people don’t want to hear the reality and the truth that we’re facing.” The following discussion, with Harry Dent, outlines their perspectives on the looming collapse of free market prosperity and the desctruction of […]
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The global stock market looks very different today than it did 115 years ago.From Credit Suisse’s new Global Investment Returns Yearbook:”Figure 1 shows the relative market capitalizations of world equity markets at our base date of end-1899. Figure 2 shows how they had changed by end-2014. Markets that are not included in the Yearbook dataset […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Market analysis + CANSLIM stock picks.A very quiet morning led to some volatility in the afternoon but in the end it was a quiet close on the indexes as the S&P 500 was fractionally lower while the NASDAQ added 0.28%. Most of the attention was on Greece again but most expect a can kicked down the road… as […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Market analysis looking at long term charts, movers on the day, and analysis of 50 stocks with setups and buy points.A relatively quiet session for the indexes after last week’s fireworks as the market saw a small gap down at the open followed by a small rally and then a late day selloff. The S&P 500 fell 0.42% […]
