April 1, 2013, 8:10 a.m. EDT ISM manufacturing data are expected to show improvement By Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — With two U.S. stock indexes sitting at record highs, investors on Monday awaited data expected to show further improvement in manufacturing and a rise in construction spending. Futures for the Dow industrials (CBE:DJM3) reversed early declines…
March 25, 2013, 2:05 PM Well, it looks like it might be bye-bye record-day for the S&P 500 again. Ever since the Dow broke its Oct. 2007 closing high earlier in the month, the S&P 500 SPX -0.39% has been torturing investors by dangling the prospect of breaking its all-time highs (closing: 1565.15 hit on October 9, 2007;…
Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:57pm EDT * Broader funds see $1.1 bln Feb inflow, new upside in March * SPDR gold sees $3.8 bln outflow in Feb, more lost in March * PIMCO, Fidelity commods funds have most inflows By Barani Krishnan March 19 (Reuters) – Commodity exchange-traded fund investors have put money into funds…
By Angela Moon NEW YORK | Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:31am EDT (Reuters) – Stock index futures rose on Wednesday as the focus shifted from concerns about Cyprus’s financial health to the statement from the Federal Reserve’s policy committee and news conference by Chairman Ben Bernanke later in the day. The Federal Reserve looks set to sustain its $85…
Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:14pm EDT * Surprise drop in U.S. jobless claims lifts oil, stocks * U.S. crude gains on improving economic outlook after data * Wheat up for sixth session on robust livestock demand * Copper firms on healthier industrial demand prospects By Carole Vaporean NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) – Most commodities…
March 12, 2013, 3:57 PM So Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs is concerned about the so-called CAPE ratio, which he said is indicating that stocks look expensive. Bloomberg News/Landov Jim O’Neill at 2011 forum in Hong Kong. CAPE refers to the cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio that helps smooth out economic cycles as it looks at earnings…
By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:02am EST (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Thursday as investors found few reasons to keep pushing markets higher following a sharp two-day rally and a read on economic growth that was weaker than expected. Analysts said a pullback may be in store…
Feb. 27, 2013, 9:17 a.m. EST By Kate Gibson and Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures climbed on Wednesday after government data showed that, excluding volatile demand for transport equipment, durable-goods orders in January jumped the most in a year. Stock-index futures held gains after the Commerce Department reported that total orders for goods…
Published: Thursday, 21 Feb 2013 | 3:47 PM ET U.S. Treasurys rose on Thursday as worries over a lack of economic recovery in Europe, along with a struggling labor market and tepid business conditions in the United States, prompted investors to buy assets perceived as safe havens. Treasurys were bolstered early in the day as…
Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:24pm EST * Initial jobless claims rise, Philly Fed well below forecasts * Stocks on track for biggest two-day drop since November * Wal-Mart climbs after earnings, Safeway soars * Semiconductor stocks fall, weighing on Nasdaq * Dow off 0.5 pct, S&P 500 off 0.8 pct, Nasdaq off 1.2 pct By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Feb 21 (Reuters) –…