August 5th, 2011
U.S. stock market futures dropped Thursday as investors showed little appetite for extending the previous session’s modest gains, with earnings from General Motors Co. and the latest figures on weekly jobless claims to come.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 48 points to 11770 and Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures were down 6.50 [...]
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August 5th, 2011
Two years after the last recession ended, Wall Street is showing rising fear that the U.S. economy could be headed for a new downturn.Stock prices plummeted in the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average to its lowest level since March and to its longest losing streak — eight straight sessions [...]
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August 5th, 2011
The humiliation of a credit rating downgrade for the U.S. would exact some psychological damage but is widely viewed as less likely to cause any actual carnage on interest rates.
Few fixed-income experts are looking for a major surge in rates even if Standard & Poor’s follows through on its threats to cut the US rating [...]
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August 5th, 2011
The S&P 500 triggered a scary technical signal — a head and shoulders pattern in the chart — leaving investors to wonder if it’s the sign of more selling to come — or just a head fake.
The so-called head and shoulders pattern is formed when the chart pattern shows three rallies, with the middle rally [...]
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August 5th, 2011
The Toronto stock market was slightly lower mid-afternoon Wednesday while commodity prices backed off as another raft of economic data failed to reassure investors about the state of the U.S. economy.The S&P/TSX composite index was well off early lows, down 39.6 points at 12,712.72 after earlier plunging as much as 184 points. The TSX Venture [...]
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August 4th, 2011
Stocks ended on a sour note Friday, wrapping up a fifth straight week of losses after unexpectedly tepid growth in the number of new jobs heightened concerns the economic rebound is losing steam.U.S. payrolls grew just 54,000 last month, the smallest amount in eight months. The results were well below projections - even after analysts lowered [...]
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July 20th, 2011
Canada’s benchmark stock index was showing moderate gains at midday Wednesday as continued gains in the price of oil offset a drop in the price of gold.
The S&P/TSX composite index was ahead by 19 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 13,352, with the financials and energy sectors leading the advance.
The price of crude oil was [...]
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July 13th, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Fear is running high in the bond market.
Treasury prices began the week sharply higher, sending the benchmark 10-year yield below 3% for the first time since June 27.
“Being under 3% means a fear trade — we need to get back to at least 3% to have more confidence,” said William Larkin, [...]
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July 5th, 2011
Today’s stock market - Global stock markets pushed modestly higher Tuesday as investors awaited a raft of U.S. economic data this week that culminates with closely-watched payrolls figures.
Now that concerns over an imminent Greek debt default have been dampened by the Greek Parliament’s vote to back fresh austerity measures, investors are turning their gaze to more [...]
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June 6th, 2011
The first quarter comes to a close today with major averages at or near multi-year highs. Expect “substantial” further gains for stocks before a “major top” occurs in late summer, says noted forecaster Harry Dent, founder of HS Dent and The Dent Method.
The good news, for those long, is Dent predicts the Dow will trade [...]
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