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Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesThe party is over for tradersThe FTSE 100 opened over 1% lower this morning as the jubilation over a Tory victory wears off in the City.The FTSE 100 and 250 both jumped on Friday on news of a surprise Tory majority in the UK elections.But Britain’s index is over 110 points lower this […]
Stock Market Two-Day Rally Ends with a Small LossStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 13, 2014 – 11:49 AM GMTBy: PhilStockWorldA two-day rally in the S&P 500 was snapped today by a small decline. The index opened fractionally lower and spent the next hour struggling at the level of yesterday’s close. It then slowly zigzagged to its -0.45% mid-afternoon intraday low. […]
Stock Market Retail Money Market Funds Reversal Signal – VideoStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 15, 2014 – 10:08 AM GMTBy: EWISteve Hochberg on the state of retail money market funds vs. stock market capitalization, filmed at the 2014 Las Vegas Money ShowEditor’s note: The article below is adapted from the transcript of the live presentation above, originally recorded at the […]
Capital Markets have always been on the forefront of adoption of new technology. Effective technology deployment in this industry has a direct impact on the bottom line of the organizations. Whether it is technology deployment for coming up with low latency applications where the trade is executed in less than a millisecond or an intelligent analytical model which is used […]
Zale’s stock price tripled in the past year before it gained 41 percent on Feb. 19 when Signet Jewelers, the parent company of Kay and Jared, said it’s buying the Irving-based retailer. A reader asked why Zale stock has been trading above $21 a share? It closed at $21.71 on Thursday and is trading around that today. Signet Jewelers is […]
A former kitchen salesman made £86m selling part of an online white goods company he started for a bet in Bolton pub on Christmas Eve 14 years ago – and he still has a stake worth more than £440m.John Roberts, 40, was moaning to a friend that he wanted to quit his job as a salesman at Moben Kitchens and […]
Thought Leaders in Big Data: Naveen Sharma, Chief Innovation Officer, Retail, Xerox (Part 2)Posted on Sunday, Jan 26th 2014Sramana Mitra: Sounds like you have back office services. That’s one of the emerging direction or already in-swing direction for the company, since you are already generating a good $10 billion in revenue from that part of the business. What’s interesting about […]
Tuesday’s trading session was a comeback day for the benchmarks as they recorded their best gains this year just a day after suffering heavy losses. Retail sales data was a big boost for the markets along with gains in the technology sector. The gains eroded most of yesterday’s losses and diluted concerns arising out of Friday’s weaker-than-expected nonfarm payroll data.For […]
Signs of a weak holiday shopping season and apprehensions over the central bank trimming its economic stimulus plan dragged benchmarks into the red on Tuesday. Profit booking also turned out to be a deterrent for the markets. The Dow and S&P 500 extended their losing streak into a third day. These losses come after benchmarks recorded eight consecutive weeks of […]
Benchmarks ended in negative territory on Monday as Thanksgiving weekend sales failed to ignite bullish sentiment among investors. Retail stocks were sold heavily, thereby dragging the retail sector and the broader markets. Meanwhile, the upbeat ISM manufacturing report was ignored as investors cautiously await key labor data on Friday. The drop on Cyber Monday comes after the benchmarks notched a […]
