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US stock indexes move higher in early trading – Seattle Post …

U.S. stocks rebounded Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.Encouraging data on the U.S. job market and inflation helped lift the market, pushing the S&P 500 to a record high. The Dow came within 36 points of its own record. The indexes are up for the month and […]

US stock indexes end higher, breaking three-day slump – seattlepi.com

U.S. stocks rebounded Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.Encouraging data on the U.S. job market and inflation helped lift the market, pushing the S&P 500 to a record high. The Dow came within 36 points of its own record. The indexes are up for the month and […]

Creating the Bond Bubble – Role of the Stock Market | Armstrong …

All over the place they are touting that the stock market will crash and burn. Indeed, when you say there is a coming crash, everyone immediately assumes that means the stock market. It appears that the bulk of those who claim to be analysts are all proclaiming the coming stock market crash. This is typical since no one in the […]

Stock Market News for May 11, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Markets ended the last trading session of the week in the green boosted by upbeat nonfarm payroll data. The benchmarks gained more than 1% on Friday, with the Dow registering its largest one-day percentage gain in more than three months. Friday’s encouraging jobs report also helped the benchmarks finish mostly in positive territory for the week.For a look at the […]

JumpGate – Campaign Guide and Corporate Notes

So I wanted to show off my Savage Worlds campaign guide. This is a set of brief notes, species, equipment, and edges (the notes are currently made for Savage Worlds, but do I plan to make some adjustments for Mini Six and Fudge). All of it detailing a combination of Space Opera, Stars Without Number, and Aliens all sort of […]

Stock Market News for May 07, 2015 – May 7, 2015 – Zacks.com

Markets ended in the red for the second consecutive day following Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s comments that stock valuations are “quite high”. Yellen warned investors of potential dangers they may face due to high equity valuations. Meanwhile, weak private sector hiring numbers added to the bearish sentiment. The soft numbers came in ahead of the much awaited non-farm payrolls report […]

The Power of Context

Despite the gleaming white building that houses it, the Supreme Court is one of the most powerful black boxes in the country. When it convenes for oral arguments, there are no photos, no videos, no broadcasts.That’s not to say we’re clueless about the court’s goings on, of course. Journalists and bloggers attend the arguments and report back to their readers. […]

Stock Market Topping Scenarios :: The Market Oracle :: Financial …

Stock Market Topping ScenariosStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Apr 21, 2015 – 06:28 PM GMTBy: Anthony_CherniawskiWave (v) of [c] may not be complete yet. Assuming the labels and structure are correct, we may arrive at the final target for Wave (v). Since Wave (iii) is approximately 50% larger than Wave (i), we may assume that Wave (v) may seek equality with […]

Frontrunning: April 17

Fed Shies Away From June Rate Hike (Hilsenrath)
Europe Stocks Fall Most in Three Weeks Amid Greece as Banks Drop (BBG)
China Futures Tumble on Trust Curbs, Expansion of Short Selling (BBG)
Oil slips below $64 as ample supplies weigh (Reuters)
Fed officials lean all ways on rate hikes, data in focus (Reuters)
Eurozone deflation eases in March (FT)
U.K. Jobless Claims Hit 40-Year Low as […]

See Ya Later Techies: Atlas Venture Goes It Alone, Scoops Up $280M for Biotech

Atlas Venture went through a corporate divorce last fall, as its tech partners and biotech partners went their separate ways. Now the biotech team has moved on, and re-loaded with twice the money they’ve had in the past.The Cambridge, Mass.-based firm, founded back in 1980, is announcing today it has closed on a new $280 million fund, its tenth, to […]