Currencies
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise as Earnings Come in; Good Day for Chinese Stocks; Dollar, Euro Win Big against Yen
Stocks rose today, as the S&P 500 made progress up from yesterday's six-week low, thanks mainly to expectations-beating...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Disappointing Earnings; Jobless Claims Holding Steady; Euro Gains on Dollar
Stocks fell today, reaching their lowest point in six weeks as earnings proved discouraging to investors.
Daily Data Flow: Gold Rebound Leads Stock Rally; Boston Explosions Could Impact Market Further; Yen Resumes Decline
Today, gold bounced back from its worst slump in thirty years, leading U.S. stocks to rally. In other...
Daily Data Flow: Four-Day Winning Streak for Stocks; Cyprus Eases Bank Restrictions; Dollar Falls against Yen
The S&P 500 continued to rise, doing so for a fourth consecutive session on the back of March's...
The Global Guru: Why this is a Very Strange Market… and My “Hedge Portfolio”
It is strange time in global financial markets -- stranger than most investors realize. On the one hand,...
Eagle Eye Opener: Dollar Closes in on 100 Yen; JC Penny Boots CEO; Virgin Atlantic Adopts Two-Year Plan
The Japanese currency sell-off took a brief timeout today as the yen reached 99.67 per U.S. dollar, almost...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Small Payroll Increase; Consumer Credit Has Most Growth in Half a Year; Dollar, Yen Fall
U.S. stocks took a sizable fall today due to data showing that jobs added in March were less...
Daily Data Flow: Stimulus Efforts Boost Market; Oil Left out of Market Rally; Dollar, Euro Beat Easing Yen
Stocks rose today, with investor optimism over stimulus efforts overcame fears caused by an increase in U.S. jobless...
The 21st Century Gold Standard: Bitcoin!
Gold and silver have been in a bear market for the past two years, but a private alternative...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Drop on Energy, Financials; Growth in Service Sector at Seven-Month Low; Oil, Dollar Fall
Falling financial and energy stocks today dragged down U.S. stocks, pulling the S&P 500 down from its recent...