Belski: Not surprised by jobs, Fed still raises later 2015
The U.S. added 126,000 jobs in March. Brian Belski, BMO Capital Markets, doesn’t think the bad jobs number will affect the Federal Reserve raising rates later this year.
U.S. stocks will likely plummet on Monday, especially with the disappointing March jobs report.Markets are closed on Good Friday, and the Monday afterwards is […]
Here’s a quick, executive summary of stories from this past abbreviated trading week, with a link to the full articles online. Markets were closed Friday.
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Cyber Security LeadersAs promised, Martin Weiss gives you additional insights into cyber security companies, including some new analysis and the names of specific companies to […]
What happens tomorrow after jobs?
Paul Richards, head of FX & credit distribution at UBS, looks ahead to Friday’s jobs data. Michael Block, Rhino Trading Partners, chief strategist, weighs in.
U.S. stocks could continue their overall decline on Monday, no matter how good the March job report is.Markets are closed on Good Friday, and the Monday afterwards is historically the S&P 500’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—Investors looking for early warnings signs of a shift in U.S. market sentiment would do well to watch tech and biotech stocks.That is because a selloff in those sectors is likely to signal that investors’ confidence in U.S. equities is deteriorating, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Michael Hartnett“U.S. bear view requires [a] tech-wreck,” he writes […]
Weakness in healthcare, industrial and energy shares dragged benchmarks significantly lower on Tuesday. The energy sector took a beating after oil prices dropped. Yesterday’s decline pulled the Dow into the red for the quarter, while S&P 500 managed meager gains.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe Dow […]
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Investors always hang on the Federal Reserve’s every word, but the obsession with monetary policy is reaching new heights as we approach the first short-term rate hike in almost a decade. The target federal funds rate has been around zero […]
Is there some secret holiday at work in the stock and currency markets that I’m unaware of? Volume is non-existent, with only deal buzz potentially stirring the Street from this spring slumber.Conditions can only be characterized as rail-thin, holiday-like volumes that leave major stock averages teetering just below record highs.In fact, the bond market has rallied for three days in […]
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 […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian stock markets sagged Tuesday as a manufacturing survey underlined that China’s economic growth is losing momentum.KEEPING SCORE: China’s Shanghai Composite shed 1.3 percent to 3,637.21 and Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 0.2 percent to 19,718.56. South Korea’s Kospi lost 0.1 percent to 2,034.38. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng sank 0.6 percent to 24,351.20. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2 […]
Benchmarks ended in the green on Friday as weaker dollar and encouraging earnings results from Nike boosted investor sentiment. Weaker dollar had a positive impact on oil prices, which in turn helped energy shares move up. The Nasdaq reached a 15-year high and finished above 5k mark on Friday. Moreover, the S&P 500 registered weekly gains for the first time […]
