Economic News
PowerTrend Brief: One Eye on “Fiscal Cliff” Conversations, another on PowerTrend Data Points
The last week of the year tends to be a quiet one, but that was not the case...
Eagle Eye Opener: U.S. Retail Sales Growth Slows; China Spends Way out of Slump; Volkswagon to Battle GM in China
Investors in U.S. retail company stocks ended the year with a lump of coal in their stockings as...
PowerTrend Brief: Sharpening the Investing Pencil Heading into 2013
The last five trading days of the year tend to be reflective ones for investors as they look...
Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Advance; Manufacturing Jobs in the South; Dollar Strong against Yen
U.S. Stocks Advance as Boehner Vows to Work With Obama (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard &...
Eagle Eye Opener: Chinese Companies Look to De-List from U.S. Exchanges; News Corp. Rebounds from Scandal; Gun Sales Soar
With Wednesday’s delisting of Focus Media Holdings, a $3.7-billion, Shanghai-based advertising agency, it now appears Chinese companies can’t...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise on Negotiation Optimism; Apple’s Future; Cold Weather Drives Apparel Sales
U.S. Stocks Advance Amid Optimism on Budget Negotiations (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks rose, extending an eight-week high for the...
PowerTrend Brief: Signs of an Improving Economy as Washington Slow Walks the “Fiscal Cliff”
Even though we have moved another five trading days toward the end of 2012, with only 10 left...
Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Rise; Right-to-Work Passes in Michigan; Cliff Talks Continue
U.S. stocks rose, erasing losses since Election Day for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after German investor confidence...
PowerTrend Brief: Prepping for the End of 2012; Mobile Commerce PowerTalk
The first five trading days of December delivered a mixed result for the major stock indices with the...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise; Jobs Number; US Air AMR Merger
U.S. stocks rose, lifting the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index for a third week, as optimism about better-than-estimated...