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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
October 15, 2012
U.S. stocks rose, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rebounded from its biggest weekly drop in four months, after American retail sales and Citigroup Inc.’s earnings topped estimates.
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By Jeff Greenblatt |
October 14, 2012
Cycle windows and presidential election expectations are converging on a market that could be ripe for a major shift.
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By John L. Caiazzo |
October 14, 2012
With the November U.S. elections pending, and the expected results too close to call, the markets are settling in until certainty reveals itself.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
October 9, 2012
U.S. debt has shrunk to a six-year low relative to the size of the economy as homeowners, cities and companies cut borrowing, undermining rating companies’ downgrading of the nation’s credit rating.
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By Jeff Greenblatt |
October 7, 2012
Technical setups confirm cycles in major stock indexes. Here's how to analyze the potential topping pattern.
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By Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee |
October 5, 2012
Shares of coal company stocks shot higher Thursday, following the U.S. presidential debate where candidate Mitt Romney expressed his support for the coal industry.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
October 4, 2012
Federal Reserve policy makers said they could change the size of the central bank’s monthly asset purchases to reduce the risks associated with the program, such as disrupting financial markets and spurring inflation.
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By Shobhana Chandra and Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Weakening demand is forcing new and accelerated cost reductions at companies from Bank of America Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to Staples Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co., dimming the outlook for an already struggling U.S. labor market.
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By Liz Capo McCormick and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund, says the Federal Reserve’s open-ended plan to flood the economy with $40 billion a month will ignite inflation. The options market is signaling that won’t happen anytime soon.
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By Phil Burgert |
October 1, 2012
With the election almost upon us, traders and analysts weigh in on how its outcome may affect the currently oversupplied energy market as well as any potential geopolitical repercussions, which have been a major factor in recent years.
