Benchmarks’ upward move continued for the fourth-straight trading day on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept its monetary policy “highly accommodative” and suggested there would be no immediate rate hikes. The central bank’s move to trim the bond repurchase yet again by $10 billion was widely accepted as the benchmarks scored their best gains in about four weeks. The S&P […]
Benchmarks had a volatile run through the session, rebounding from a mid-day slump to settle in the green powered by new deals and upbeat economic reports. New deals between Medtronic and Covidien, Williams Companies and Access Midstream Partners, Level 3 Communications and TW Telecom, and SanDisk and Fusion-io boosted sentiment. Encouraging data on manufacturing activity in the New York region, […]
President Barack Obama’s decision to refrain from sending in ground troops to Iraq helped benchmarks end in the positive zone on Friday. His comments partially eased concerns about oil supply disruption due to the ongoing Iraqi sectarian clash. Intel’s second-quarter revenue forecast hike also helped benchmarks shrug of early jitters caused by weak consumer sentiment data. Nonetheless, the Iraqi situation, […]
A spike in crude oil prices and discouraging economic data dragged the benchmarks down on Thursday. Investors were worried about the extent to which the Iraq crisis could affect the nation’s oil supply. Moreover, less-than-forecasted retail sales growth and an unexpected rise in unemployment benefits also dented investor sentiment. The S&P 500 dropped for three-consecutive days for the first time […]
Stocks hit an all-time high this past week. What is puzzling now is that investors and traders keep hearing that the raging bull market is over, and that this has turned into a stock picker’s market. Investors still will try to make gains, but they will want to avoid getting caught in bad stocks. As 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens […]
Energy Stocks No Bear Market RefugeStock-Markets / Stocks Bear MarketMay 23, 2014 – 10:34 PM GMTBy: Zeal_LLC
The lofty US stock markets have stalled out, looking more and more top-heavy with each passing day. This is spawning growing unease among prudent investors, who sense the long-overdue major selloff is nearing. Many are seeking shelter […]
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Benchmarks ended Wednesday’s trading session mostly higher following indications from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen that key lending rates would remain low. Market moved upwards after Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to discuss measures to ease the Ukrainian crisis. The Dow and S&P 500 ended in the green. However, intense selling pressure in Internet stocks dragged down the Nasdaq. Separately, […]
Today’s update reveals a reversal and breakdown market trending down against resistance.Let’s take a look at what’s happened, what levels are important now, and of course what message Sector Breadth is sending.The 1,875 index level was the key support or inflection level that held price up ahead of the mid-day breakdown.The initial gap down against resistance (1,885) set the stage […]
Jeff Gundlach, founder of DoubleLine, told CNBC’s Scott Wapner Monday that he thinks the odds of the 10-year yield falling back to its all-time low have increased to about 30 percent because of the big short position. The 10-year hit 1.39 percent in July, 2012 and Gundlach said at that time, he thought the odds were 10 percent […]
