Wednesday’s sessions was volatile marked by a sharp spike down in the closing moments of the day as news broke that the European Central Bank revoked a waiver that allowed banks to use Greek government debt as collateral for loans. The decision will force Greek lenders, who since 2010 had been able to access funds from the ECB against junk-rated […]
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REUTERS/Carlos BarriaA man talks on the phone inside the Shanghai Stock Exchange building at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai.JonesTrading’s Dave Lutz has what traders are chatting about right now.Good Morning! US Futures are jumping nearly 1% following strong European market action – More hopes that Crude is in a bottoming process helping sentiment, Very […]
Quick note – Please take our quarterly reader survey here; just 3 quick questions to help us continue to serve you. Thanks!Watch tonight’s video market recap on my Ticker.tv channel, Mark333.Indexes had a decent bounce back day as oil finally stopped its relentless drop and some news in the housing sector helped to lift spirits. In Europe, Germany left open […]
Predictions for 2015
CNBC’s Patti Domm looks ahead to what investors should expect in the new year.
2015 by most accounts is expected to be a good, but not a great year for the stock market.The U.S. stock market however, unlike others around the world, is expected to enjoy a “just right” environment of improving growth against a backdrop of tame inflation, […]
Defence against the economic elements? The street outside a share prices display in Tokyo on Thursday. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
Global stock markets continued to tumble on Friday, pushing the FTSE 100 to its worst weekly fall in more than three years. Since Monday, £112bn has been wiped off the value of Britain’s leading companies.Investors headed for the exits amid growing […]
Friendly Reminder from Blain: Tonight I will be streaming live from 9:30 PM – 11:00 PM EST on http://ticker.tv/stockjunkie. Will be going through several hundred charts, running some screens, and talking about the market. I will also be streaming tomorrow morning from 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM. Join me!Indexes in the U.S. opened down as big selloffs in […]
Benchmarks suffered their biggest losses in months on Thursday, following a default by Argentina, and a spike in US labor costs. Concerns about the European economy and Russia-Ukraine crisis also dragged the S&P 500 below a key technical level and the Dow dropped more than 300 points. Both these indices snapped their five-month streak of gains, while Nasdaq ended in […]
Greece has been the epicenter of the eurozone debt crisis. And its ongoing economic depression is highlighted by the fact that a quarter of its workforce still lines up at the unemployment office.However, there are more and more signs that things are turning around in Greece. “Greece has been the most conspicuous example of the dramatic improvement in sentiment towards […]
Greece has been the epicenter of the eurozone debt crisis. And its ongoing economic depression is highlighted by the fact that a quarter of its workforce still lines up at the unemployment office.However, there are more and more signs that things are turning around in Greece. “Greece has been the most conspicuous example of the dramatic improvement in sentiment […]
Highlights from Sentiment Analysis Symposium held recently in New York: Affective Computing: sentiment from facial expressions, need to market to a “tribe” of people, social media speed of appearance, IBM notion of an Engaged Employee, and more. By Steve Gallant, March 10, 2014.Here are some personal impressions on Sentiment Analysis Symposium (New York, March 6, 2014). It was […]
