The afterglow of Bernanke’s ’180-degree turn’: What Works Now July 11, 2013, 8:19 AM Whiplash alert. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke appears to have done an about-face on tapering, at least according to some strategists. And markets are eating it up, with stock futures pointing to gains of nearly 1% for the Dow industrials DJIA , S&P SPX and Nasdaq COMP . Read more…
July 7, 2013, 2:18 p.m. EDT Big banks to set second-quarter earnings tune Alcoa will kick off earnings, but J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo to set tempo By William L. Watts, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Earnings season unofficially starts after Monday’s closing bell with Alcoa Inc., but it is the results from the big beasts of…
Fri Jul 5, 2013 8:58am EDT * June payroll report comes in above forecasts * Markets may be volatile with light post-holiday volume * Investors watching situation in Egypt for oil impact * Futures up: Dow 165 points, S&P 18.6 points, Nasdaq 29 points By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures pointed to gains of more than 1 percent…
STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY: Friday, July 05, 2013 The major averages rallied for a second straight week helping the major averages close back above their respective 50 DMA lines. The strong bull market that we are experiencing continues to be driven by easy money policies from global central banks. That said, the US Fed continues to…
STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY: FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2013 The major averages enjoyed their largest start to the year since 1998/1999 (depending on the index), rallying above 12%. The strong bull market that we are experiencing continues to be driven by global central banks. That said, the US Fed continues to print $4B/day and other central banks…
Thursday, June 27, 2013, 1:36 PM ET ByTomi Kilgore It takes more than a three-day rally for technicians to say stocks are headed back up. The S&P 500 has run up 2.6% in three sessions, and was headed for the first three-day win streak in over six weeks. But technicians say the pullback from…
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This Week’s Trading Lesson It is sometimes difficult to know where to begin when deciding whether a stock is worth purchasing or not. Here are 7 questions that I think everyone should ask before buying a stock, as well as what I look for when answering the questions in the most basic form. 1. Is…
STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY: FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2013 The major averages sliced below support on Thursday after the Fed opened to the door to taper QE sooner than initially expected. The benchmark S&P 500 is down in 4 of the past 5 weeks which suggests the bears are now in control of this market. For most…
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks fell slightly on Wednesday after a two-day rally, with investors reluctant to make any big moves ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision later in the day. “My expectation is we will sit in a sideways holding pattern until the Fed announcement,” said Randy Frederick, managing…