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The S&P500, Dow and Nasdaq Since Their 2000 Stock Market Highs

The S&P500, Dow and Nasdaq Since Their 2000 Stock Market HighsStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Mar 03, 2014 – 06:27 AM GMTBy: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short: Here is a update in response to a standing request from David England, a retired professor now actively educating investors through his Trader’s Eye website. In his presentations, he […]

Stock Market News for February 27, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks closed with marginal gains on Wednesday, despite reports of a rise in new home sales. Homebuilder stocks were among the biggest gainers for the day. Lowe’s and Target’s better-than-expected earnings also somewhat improved sentiment. However, investors waited eagerly for Fed chairwoman’s Janet Yellen’s semiannual testimony speech.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read […]

Stocks End Day Lower After Up-and-Down Trading Day

The Bitcoin Center of New York City (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) – The U.S. stock market is ending slightly lower after a choppy day of trading. Major indexes moved between small gains and losses for much of the day Tuesday, then drifted steadily lower in the last hour of trading. Traders were discouraged by a surprisingly large drop in consumer […]

Stock Market News for February 18, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Investors focused on some encouraging earnings results and better-than-expected consumer sentiment gauge numbers to help drive benchmarks into the positive zone on Friday. Gains on Friday came despite a surprise drop in industrial production data. Eventually, Nasdaq soared to its best level since July 2000 and benchmarks had their best weekly run this year.For a look at the issues currently […]

Big Data Analytics for Small Business – Improve Your Customer …

Image credit: veracentra.comCompanies often spend big investment on data analytics. Data mining is known to strengthen the ability of a company to reinforce their online marketing strategies by understanding the needs of their customers and in finding the most effective means of addressing the consumer demands. With loads of data to manage, internet marketing companies need the help of the […]

Forex Technical Analysis USD/JPY 2014-02-13 | Forex Crunch

Finally we came out of such long out-of-market position. We have fixed a profit according to yesterday’s analysis of USD/CAD – 26 points. A position opening – 1.36148, a profit -1.35892.Today will bring an interesting event – at 14:30 (CET, server time) US Bureau of Statistics will release Core retail sales for the current month. That’s a basic indicator of American […]

Stock Market News for February 13, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Guidance cuts and lower profits from corporates guided benchmarks mostly lower on Wednesday, ending benchmarks’ four-day rally. However, there were some encouraging corporate results too and they helped restrict losses. Consumer staples stocks were among the biggest losers for the day.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe […]

Stock Market News for February 07, 2014 – February 7, 2014 – Zacks …

A drop in initial claims and encouraging results from Disney helped benchmarks achieve their best single-day performance since Dec 18. The gains somewhat offset weekly losses and Friday’s session will be crucial to help benchmarks post a rare weekly gain. Consumer discretionary sector was the best performer for the day among the S&P industry groups.For a look at the issues […]

Online appliances retailer AO to float on London Stock Exchange …

AO made profits of £8.1m as its sales rose nearly 30% in the year to March 2013 The founder of Appliances Online, who set up the business following a £1 bet in a pub, is set to scoop £400m in cash and shares when the business floats next month.AO, as the internet-only retailer is now known, is expected to be […]

Huttig Building Products: A Housing Stock Trading … – Seeking Alpha

Huttig Building Products (HBP) is a large distributor of doors, decking, and millwork. They sit as a middleman between manufacturers and companies like ProBuild who cannot carry such a large array of inventory. Prior to the downturn, this is a company that saw nearly 130 years of consecutive profitability. Huttig was spun out of Crane in 1999/2000 time frame. Michael […]