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What to Really Fear About the Stock Market | RealClearMarkets

Six years into the bull market in stocks and there’s no shortage of scary things on investors’ worry list.From Vladimir Putin and Greece to the dramatic plunge in oil prices, something is bound to trip up the stock market, right? After all, the good times on Wall Street can’t last forever.But the key to knowing where stocks are going next […]

Russian stock market rallies on Ukraine ceasefire announcement …

Russian stock market rallies on Ukraine ceasefire announcementPublished time: February 12, 2015 10:04Edited time: February 12, 2015 14:26Get short URLReuters / Yuya ShinoTagsMarkets, Russian economyThe Moscow Stock Exchange got a major boost after the Russian president said a Ukraine ceasefire deal had been reached in Minsk. The deal lessens the probability Russian companies will be slapped with more EU sanctions.President […]

Stock Market News for May 08, 2014 – May 8, 2014 – Zacks.com

Benchmarks ended Wednesday’s trading session mostly higher following indications from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen that key lending rates would remain low. Market moved upwards after Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to discuss measures to ease the Ukrainian crisis. The Dow and S&P 500 ended in the green. However, intense selling pressure in Internet stocks dragged down the Nasdaq. Separately, […]

Does Putin Care About Russia's Stock Market at All? – 24/7 Wall St.

Vladimir Putin’s decision to try to seize Crimea from Ukraine may make nationalists happy, but investors — Russian or otherwise — are getting clobbered. Russian stocks have been in a tailspin since mid-February with the Micex — the benchmark index of the Moscow Stock Exchange — falling nearly 17% since then. It was off nearly 2% on Thursday after opening […]

European stock markets bounce back; S&P 500 hits new high – as it …

FTSE 100 over the last three months. Photograph: Thomson ReutersAnyone returning to the City tomorrow morning after four days of solitude in a cave might not suspect the last few days had been quite so dramatic.The FTSE 100 has raced ahead today to close up 115 points at 6823, a rise of 1.7%. That more than wipes out yesterday’s 101-point […]

Black Monday: Panicked Russian markets crash 10 percent over …

Black Monday: Panicked Russian markets crash 10 percent over UkraineBy Agence France-PresseMonday, March 3, 2014 8:41 ESTTopics: President Vladimir Putin ♦ ukraineMoscow (AFP) – Russian stock markets Monday crashed almost 10 percent and the ruble plunged to historic lows in value against the dollar and euro, as alarm grew over the potentially disastrous economic consequences of military intervention in Ukraine.Russia’s […]

03.02 Middle East Stock Markets Reaction to Ukraine Crisis: Zero …

by John GaltMarch 2, 2014 14:30 ETTo say the crisis is being played up in Europe is one thing but the reaction of the first stock markets to open since the Russian invasion of the Ukraine was muted at best, irrelevant to even the most seasoned observer. First up for review is the Abu Dhabi General Index moving quietly down […]

Russian Stock Market Jumps On News Of Khodorkovsky Pardon By …

Russia’s MICEX jumped almost 1% this morning on news that Vladimir Putin had asked for clemency in the jailing of vocal Kremlin critic, Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky has been jailed since 2003 on a variety of tax-evasion, fraid and embezzlement charges though being among the nation’s wealthiest men, the jailing was seen as politically-motivated (because of his political ambitions). […]