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6/1/15… It’s more complicated than you think The jury’s still out on how history will treat the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented stimulus program. After the central bank pushed its main policy rate to zero in December 2008, it started buying hundreds of billions of government debt and mortgage-backed securities to keep longer-term interest rates low. That became known as…
* Construction spending up, manufacturing growth picks up * April consumer spending flat * Intel falls on Altera buy, weighs on Nasdaq, Dow and S&P * Indexes up: Dow 0.5 pct, S&P 0.5 pct, Nasdaq 0.5 pct (Updates to late afternoon) By Caroline Valetkevitch June 1 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose in late afternoon trading…
CNBC.com: U.S. stocks traded in a narrow range on Monday, the first day of trade for June, amid mixed reports on second quarter economic growth. “We have a lot of data giving somewhat conflicting stories,” said Moody’s Analytics capital markets economist Ben Garber, noting the counter effects of improved manufacturing data and continued weakness in…
Stocks End Month Higher; Week Lower The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the benchmark S&P 500, small-cap Russell 2000, and Nasdaq composite all fell last week but rallied for the month. The latest reading on U.S. Q1 GDP fell 0.7%, beating the government’s estimate for a decline of 0.8%. Economists now believe that Q2 GDP will grow around 2%…
Fri May 29, 2015 11:20am EDT Companies that provide end-of-life services stand to benefit from what boils down to a macabre version of high demand as the U.S. baby boom generation approaches their seventies. Roughly 2.6 million people died in the United States in 2014, up from 2.47 million in 2010, according to the Center…
* Q1 GDP data shows economy contracted * Corporate earnings down 8.7 pct * Altera up on report of Intel takeover interest * Futures down: Dow 47 pts, S&P 5.5 pts, Nasdaq 14.25 pts (Adds quote, updates prices) By Sweta Singh May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures were largely unchanged, keeping the market on…
Like This? Join Our Free Newsletter Here The Federal Reserve is in a tough spot and faced with a big conundrum: the economy is not responding well (GDP most likely contracted last quarter) to their historic easy money policies. Since 2008, the Fed has held rates at zero and has pumped more money into the system…
U.S. stocks traded higher on Wednesday, recovering some of Tuesday’s sharp decline, as investors eyed Greece headlines amid continued rise in the dollar and bond yields. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly gained more than 100 points soon after the open. The blue chip index fell as much as 242 points on Tuesday before closing…
* Business spending rises in April * Dollar hits one-month high * Time Warner Cable up on Charter deal * Futures down: Dow 41 pts, S&P 7 pts, Nasdaq 14.25 pts (Adds details, comments, updates prices) By Tanya Agrawal May 26 (Reuters) – Wall Street was set to open lower on Tuesday after the dollar…