August 5th, 2011
The nation is just days away from the debt ceiling deadline and no one knows exactly what will happen when the borrowing limit is reached. But even in the worst case scenarios, many experts think investors will flock to U.S. Treasuries.That possibility would mean lower borrowing costs for the government, not the spike in interest [...]
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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
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 5th, 2011
For investors who endured the bruising downturn and were seeing green again in their 401(k)s, Tuesday’s Wall Street tumble was a rude awakening – and a reminder that retirement savings are not always secure.”People are frightened,” said Scott Brewster, a certified financial planner with Brewster Financial Planning in Park Slope, Brooklyn. “Everywhere we turn, there [...]
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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
Stock Market: Stock buybacks: That’s what most companies do when they buy their own shares. But how you can avoid the trap.
FORTUNE — In 2006 and 2007 timber giant Weyerhaeuser (WY) conducted one of the biggest share buybacks in its history. It unleashed $800 million to purchase its shares, which were dancing near an all-time [...]
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July 13th, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — After spending two months focused largely on the state of the U.S. economy, investors will get a chance to turn their eyes back to Corporate America this week.
Several key companies will report their results for the second quarter this week, with investors getting profit reports from Dow members Alcoa (AA, Fortune [...]
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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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