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Stock market gets jitters on eve of Fed statement | TribLIVE

NEW YORK — The guessing game over higher interest rates is making for a jerky stock market.A day after their biggest gain in six weeks, stock indexes mostly fell on Tuesday as oil continued to slide and investors fretted over when the Federal Reserve will raise a key borrowing rate. The Fed kicked off a two-day meeting on Tuesday to […]

Stock Market News for March 17, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

A pause in the dollar rally helped benchmarks start the week on a positive note. The U.S. dollar weakened ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting that is scheduled this week. Rally in international markets also boosted investor sentiment. Separately, gains among bio-tech stocks boosted the Nasdaq. Meanwhile, discouraging reports on manufacturing and housing failed to dent investor confidence.For […]

Stock Market News for March 16, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Strengthening U.S. dollar and a slump in oil prices dragged benchmarks lower on Friday. US crude prices dropped to their lowest levels since Jan 28. Meanwhile, declines in producer prices and consumer confidence added to the bearish sentiment. Benchmarks also posted losses for the third straight week, mostly spooked by sooner-than-expected rate hike fears.For a look at the issues currently […]

Janet Yellen biotech stocks – Business Insider

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Remember when Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that social media and biotech stocks seemed pricey during a July 2014 testimony to Congress? “…Valuation metrics in some sectors do appear substantially stretched—particularly those for smaller firms in the social media and biotechnology industries, despite a notable downturn in equity prices for such firms early in the year,” she said.On Twitter, […]

Gold Up 11% in Euro This Year As Currency Wars Intensify

Gold Up 11% in Euro This Year As Currency Wars IntensifyGold has risen 11% versus the euro in 2015
Builds on 12% gains against the euro in 2014
Sentiment poor despite reasonable performance
Gold performing well considering significant gains in stocks and dollar
Dollar centric view misleading
Currency wars intensifying
Complacency and hubris rife
Gold rose 12% against the euro in 2014 and so far in 2015, […]

Stock Market News for March 13, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Benchmarks snapped two-day losses to end in the green on Thursday as mixed economic data reduced fears about sooner-than-expected rate hike. Moreover, mixed economic data put the brakes on dollar rally yesterday. Meanwhile, financial stocks posted solid gains after Fed’s stress tests. However, decline in energy shares following oil price slump limited some of yesterday’s gains. The Dow and S&P […]

US stock markets open lower after February jobs report falls short …

US financial markets drifted in morning trading on Thursday, with energy stocks among the biggest decliners as crude oil prices fell. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP
Private employers added 212,000 jobs in February, short of a forecast 220,000, although January’s reading was revised upward to 250,000 from the initial 213,000.US stocks were poised for a lower open on Wednesday, putting the S&P 500 […]

Stocks Calm Amid Deflation, Profit Threats

Stocks finished mixed again on Thursday in another quiet session. I checked the calendar, because the action feels eerily like a holiday reprieve. Where is everyone?Or maybe like a calm before a storm given threatening data on nascent deflation and a rollover in corporate earnings. I know it’s almost forbidden to say this out loud with sentiment so bubbly — […]

Stock Market News for February 25, 2015 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks hit record highs on Tuesday after Janet Yellen made her semiannual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. Markets interpreted her dovish comments as reassurance that rate hike may only come in the latter half of the year. Moreover, gains in Home Depot, First Solar and Toll Brothers also boosted markets. The Dow reached a record high for second time […]

Robert Shiller's revered stock market valuation … – Business Insider

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Stock prices relative to earnings are very expensive. This is reflected by the high price-earnings (PE) ratio.One closely-followed version of the PE ratio is Robert Shiller’s cyclically-adjusted price-earnings (CAPE) ratio, which is calculated by taking the S&P 500 and dividing it by the average of ten years worth of earnings.  If the ratio is above the long-term average of […]