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Tech earnings may boost market in flux
July 14th, 2014
Move over, underperforming banking sector. This week, major players in the tech space will report second-quarter results, and it could be a boost to a direction-seeking market in flux. Analysts project the tech sector will have a 12.3% growth ...
U.S. Treasury Prices Rally on Weak Equities
July 9th, 2014
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday after the U.S. government’s auction of 3-year Treasury notes, the first of three debt auctions this week. The Treasury Department auctioned $27 billion in three-year notes at a high yield of 0.992 percent, ...
Wall Street stoked over Alcoa earnings
July 9th, 2014
Alcoa unofficially kicked off earnings season with gusto Tuesday, delivering second-quarter results that smashed expectations. The aluminum giant reported an adjusted quarterly profit of 18 cents a share — 50% more than expected. The news boosted shares of Alcoa ...
The Pros and Cons of Buying Buyback ETFs
June 25th, 2014
Companies splurged on share buybacks in 2014’s first quarter, and investors splurged on buyback funds. The amount companies spent buying back their own shares jumped 59 percent compared to a year ago, according to Standard & Poor’s. Over that ...
European companies continue to be impacted by the sovereign debt crisis
June 16th, 2014
Despite signs of improving stability in the European economy, strong headwinds from the sovereign debt crisis continue to impact corporate defaults. The sovereign debt crisis affecting much of Europe continued to impact the economic stability of the entire continent ...
Asian stocks weak on world bank growth downgrade
June 11th, 2014
Asian stock markets were weak on Wednesday, dragged down by the World Bank’s lower global growth forecast. The bank cut its forecast for global economic growth this year to 2.8 percent from the 3.2 percent it forecast in January. ...
Thai stocks decline after martial law
May 23rd, 2014
Thailand’s stock market sank Friday, a day after the country’s military seized power in a bloodless coup. Other Asian stock markets were mostly higher, with Japan boosted by weakness in the yen. Bangkok’s SET index fell more than 2 ...
Asian stocks rise as China manufacturing improves
May 22nd, 2014
Japan’s Nikkei led gains in Asian stock markets Thursday after a manufacturing survey suggested the slowdown in China’s economy is flattening out and Fed minutes reinforced expectations the U.S. central bank won’t rush to raise interest rates. HSBC’s manufacturing ...
Russia’s economy fall sharply in growth
May 16th, 2014
Russia’s economy slowed sharply in the first three months of 2014 as the Ukraine crisis slammed business confidence and investment. Official Russian statistics showed gross domestic product grew by an annual rate of 0.9% in the first quarter. That ...
Stocks: Federal Reserve to the rescue?
April 28th, 2014
Janet Yellen and economic data are poised to steal the business spotlight from Corporate America this week. After a bonanza of corporate report cards dominated recent headlines, investors will likely refocus on the state of the U.S. economy and ...
