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Strategists' 2014 S&P 500 Targets – Business Insider

WikipediaEven the more bullish analysts on Wall Street undershot the big rally in 2013. So they’re likely determined to not miss what 2014 has in store for this market.
We thumbed through hundreds of pages of Wall Street’s 2014 outlook notes and compiled the thoughts of 14 top stock market forecasters.For 2014, the average call is for the S&P 500 to […]

2014 Outlooks – “MM” Technical Analysis. ML,CS,BS …

2014 Outlooks – “MM” Technical Analysis. ML,CS,BS,Citi,SB,HS,JL,WF
by prestonni on Dec 31, 2013 • 4:55 pmLast post for 2013. What a wonderful year it has been for trend followers.Hedge funds have generally had a dismal year.One quote from a hedge fund manager summed up the situation nicely.“All you had to do this year was go long a major US index and […]

usdjpy-forecast-for-the-week-of-december-30-2013-technical-analysis

Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS. To learn more click hereThe USD/JPY pair rose during the balance of the week, closing above the 105 level. This was an area that we’ve been targeting for some time now, and it appears that we are free to go much higher at this point. We would expect a […]

Stocks end day mostly flat in quiet trading | Stock market | The …

Originally published December 27, 2013 at 6:21 AM | Page modified December 28, 2013 at 1:56 AM

NEW YORK — Wall Street’s six-day rally stalled out on Friday as stocks ended the day mostly flat in quiet trading.Bond yields continued to rise. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbed above the 3 percent mark. The yield hasn’t consistently […]

Stock Market 2014 Party On! :: The Market Oracle :: Financial …

Stock Market 2014 Party On!

Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Dec 24, 2013 – 08:57 PM GMTBy: Puru_Saxena

BIG PICTURE – Interest rates are near historic lows, credit is cheap and the prominent central banks are not planning to pursue tough monetary policies anytime soon. Consequently, the stock markets of the developed world are rallying and […]

Stock Market Forecast 2014 :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets …

Stock Market Forecast 2014

Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear MarketDec 23, 2013 – 12:38 PM GMTBy: John_Hampson

Dow is up more than 5% five consecutive years now. A sixth such year has not happened before in history. A 5-year bull trend only occurred once before, in the 1990s, and […]

Some Pre-Weekend Currency Thoughts — Trading Concepts | E …

Happy Friday, Friends. The Fed’s tapering process has commenced. As would be expected from the FOMC, particularly given its current composition, the step was a modest one, with the only surprise the equal reduction (by $5 billion each, monthly) of purchases in both Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. The implication is that the Fed believes that the housing market is on […]

2013 Country Stock Market Performance – Bespoke Investment Group

There are now just nine trading days left in 2013, so below is an updated look at the year-to-date performance (local currency) of the stock markets for 76 countries around the world. The average year-to-date change of the 76 countries highlighted is currently just above 12%. Of the 76 countries, 57 are up (75%) in 2013 and 19 […]

Wall Street Market Predictions For 2014 – Business Insider

Wikimedia CommonsStocks are going up.It’s time to stop reflecting on 2013 and start thinking about 2014.
We thumbed through hundreds of pages of Wall Street’s 2014 outlook notes and compiled the thoughts of 14 top stock market forecasters.The average S&P 500 call was 1,949, with a median of 1,950. For EPS, the mean was $118 and median call was $116.Here are […]

CHART OF THE DAY: It's The US Stock Market … – Business Insider

Back in September, Barclays’ Barry Knapp slapped a 1,900 target for the S&P 500 in 2014.Relative to other global markets the firm covers, Barclays sees U.S. markets offering the lowest near-term return opportunity.”The US market has been the unambiguous leader in this current equity cycle,” noted Barclays in new research. “[W]ith the constraints elsewhere beginning to lift, we think […]