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Earnings season begins with dollar in spotlight
October 8th, 2014
The bar is low for earnings season, with a strong dollar and slowing global growth. The third-quarter earnings season kicks off on Wall Street Wednesday with the bar set low due to analysts slashing profit forecasts — but also ...
SEC Members Urge Including Brokers in Trading Safeguards
October 6th, 2014
U.S. rules meant to guard against breakdowns in automated trading systems should be expanded to include brokerages that match orders away from regulated stock exchanges, according to two Securities and Exchange Commission members. Luis A. Aguilar and Kara M. ...
Tax inversion rules affect stocks
September 24th, 2014
The Obama administration’s tougher rules on offshore corporate inversions had an immediate effect Tuesday, pushing down the stock prices of companies considering such moves. But the highly technical changes to the tax code did not appear to go far ...
Stocks end lower: Nasdaq off more than 1%
September 23rd, 2014
Wall Street took a sharp hit Monday as tech stocks plunged and Alibaba (BABA) fell more than 4% on its second day of trading after a blockbuster start on Friday. Investor concerns of a slowing Chinese economy also weighed ...
Asian Equities Mixed on Soft Lead
September 9th, 2014
Asian indices were mostly higher on Tuesday amid light volumes as markets in South Korea and Hong Kong were closed for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Overnight in the U.S., Wall Street closed mixed with energy producers leading losses on oil’s ...
U.S. Stock Futures Are Little Changed Before Output Data
September 2nd, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index recorded its biggest monthly gain since February, before data that may show manufacturing in the world’s biggest economy continued to expand in August. Apple Inc. and ...
U.S. Index Futures Little Changed With S&P 500 at Record
August 27th, 2014
U.S. stock futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index closed above 2,000 for the first time, as Tiffany & Co. (TIF) climbed while Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. slumped on earnings projections. Futures on the ...
S&P 500 Tops Record, Nears 2,000 Amid Confidence in Fed
August 22nd, 2014
Optimism that the Federal Reserve is committed to supporting a strengthening economy sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to an all-time high and within eight points of the 2,000 milestone. The S&P 500 jumped 0.3 percent to a ...
Futures edge higher ahead of Jackson Hole meeting, data
August 21st, 2014
U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, ahead of a flurry of economic data and the start of the meeting of top central bankers and economists in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Policymakers are due to discuss the labor markets ...
Wall St ends up for second day on hopes for Russia relief
August 12th, 2014
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, extending the rally from Friday as investors hoped that Russia’s move to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine would ease tensions between the two countries. Earlier in the day, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen ...
