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Making Money Alert: Concentrate on the Fiscal Cliff and Miss the Real Danger
The markets have been obsessed with fiscal-cliff worries ever since the election. While I understand why the resolution...
Eagle Eye Opener: HP Shares Swoon; Fed Chairman Cools Market with Comments; Watching Greek Tragedy
Shares of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) hit a 10-year low yesterday of $11.71, after the company announced it was taking...
Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Little Changed; Fed Minutes Released
U.S. stocks were little changed, after yesterday’s decline, as a slump in technology shares tempered signs that a...
Eagle Eye Opener: EU Debt Rises; QE Continues
A Slow Boat to China’s Rebound (YahooFinance.com) Investors who have holdings in China received encouraging news this morning....
Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Rise along with Housing Starts; Plot against Federal Reserve Bank of New York Thwarted; IMF Seeks Aid for Spain and Italy
U.S. Stocks Rise as Housing Data Overshadow Intel, IBM (Bloomberg). U.S. stocks rose, after the biggest gain in...
Equities 2012: The Sound of One Hand Clapping
The books have just closed on the third quarter, and it was a very good one for equities...
European Central Bank President Once Again Assuages Economic Worries and Aids Markets
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi gave further support to the markets Thursday when he said that...
Making Money Alert: All Eyes on the Election, Earnings
The market still is digesting two of the biggest developments of the year, the European Central Bank’s (ECB)...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Beat Commodities and Bonds in September; Fed Chairman Bernanke Tries to Explain Purpose of QE3; Hedge Funds’ Returns Fall; “Fiscal Cliff” Worries Mount
Stocks Beat Bonds, Commodities With Longest Rally Since 2007 (Bloomberg) Emerging markets led global stocks to the fourth monthly...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall Amid Fed Bank President’s Skeptical View of Bond Buying Plan; Groupon’s Skid Hurts Nasdaq; Home Prices Rise
U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Plosser Comments on Fed Stimulus (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks declined today, erasing earlier gains in...