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Asian stock trading muffled by Wall Street fade | General Holding LLC

BANGKOK (AP) — Subdued trading reigned in Asian stocks Wednesday after the S&P 500′s failure to punch through its recent record high for a second day instilled caution into markets.

There was little economic or corporate news for regional markets to trade on, which put Wall Street’s lack of momentum into focus.
For two straight days the S&P 500 has approached its […]

Stock Market News for February 25, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Merger and acquisition activities and a rally in health insurers took benchmarks to their record highs on Monday. A buoyant German confidence report also had a positive impact on the markets. The benchmarks ended in the green with the S&P 500 briefly reaching its all-time high. The Nasdaq ended the day at a fourteen-year high.For a look at the issues […]

Wolf of Wall Street: Are Penny Stocks Good Picks? – February 21 …

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Stock Market News for February 21, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks moved up on Thursday as investors received a boost after a reading on manufacturing activity hit a four year high. Also, Facebook’s deal to buy WhatsApp and Tesla Motors’ strong results somewhat added to the positive sentiment. The gains on Thursday came despite weak data from China, Japan and Euro zone amidst a report of contraction in Philadelphia Fed’s […]

Stock Market News for February 19, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks finished mixed yesterday following merger and acquisition news, disappointing corporate results and dismal economic data. While news about a business acquisition boosted investors’ confidence in markets, dismal economic data was overlooked as an outcome of the bitter winter season. However, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq settled in the green, Dow closed in negative territory following Coca Cola’s dismal results. […]

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 […]

New laser network between NYSE and NASDAQ will allow high …

Share This articleHigh-frequency trading — the practice of making thousands of algorithmic stock trades per minute — is about to get a big boost in the USA. Anova, a company that specializes in deploying low-latency networks for stock trading, is completing an ultra-high-speed laser network between the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. The link will be just […]

First large-scale study links stock market volatility to mental disorders

Falling stock prices lead to increased hospitalisations for mental disorders, according to new research published today in the journal Health Policy and Planning.Researchers assessed the relationship between stock price movements and mental disorders using data on daily hospitalisations for mental disorders in Taiwan over 4,000 days between 1998 and 2009. They found that a 1000-point fall in the Taiwan Stock Exchange […]

The Stock Market: Now With 100% More Lasers, Strictly for …

If you needed any more evidence that the pace of the stock exchange is blinding, traders on the cutting edge of technology are now making use of military communications lasers to transmit data, because fiber optics and microwaves are just too darn slow. Just nobody tell them light is faster in a vacuum, OK? I like having air to breathe.The laser […]

How to Trade Penny Stocks – Money Morning

Stocks are expected to end this year only modestly higher after last year’s 30% gains, prompting investors to hunt for growth. One way to find it is by learning how to trade penny stocks. Defined as stocks that trade under $5 a share, penny stocks have gotten a bad rap thanks to scams and  […]