Market Extra Feb. 5, 2013, 11:37 a.m. EST Suckers or saviors? Small investors buy up stocks Fund flows offer no guide to future stock moves, says one analysis By William L. Watts, MarketWatchFRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — Are mom and pop stock investors late to the party again? Individual investors at long last have begun pouring money back…
Jan. 28, 2013, 8:58 a.m. EST Stock futures rise on durable goods, Caterpillar Fed meets this week; Apple cut to neutral at Baird By Kate Gibson and William L. Watts, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures gained Monday after equipment-maker Caterpillar Inc. reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and orders for durable goods jumped in December. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) shares…
Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:03pm EST * Failure to break 50-day MA dents gold investors’ confidence * Futures volume high, partly boosted be Feb-April rollover * HSBC shifts allocation out of gold * Coming up: U.S. December new home sales Friday By Frank Tang NEW…
January 23, 2013, 8:00 AM By Shawn Langlois Good morning. The market is eerily breezing into uncharted territory on several fronts. In fact, we haven’t had this strong a start to a new year on the S&P 500 since… wait for it… 2012! Still, price levels are, indeed, pushing limits, with more stocks taking out annual…
January 23, 2013, 6:37 AM The debt-ceiling issue is set to rear its ugly head again on Wednesday. At around 12 or 1 pm Eastern time, the House of Representatives will vote on extending that ceiling until May. The goal is to calm markets and buy time to come up with a longer-term extension. The general view…
Published: Tuesday, 15 Jan 2013 | 12:53 AM ET By: Marcy Nicholson and Sarah McFarlane * Europe 4th-quarter cocoa grind down 6.2 pct * Sugar dealers wary of potential short covering rally * COMING UP: N. American Q4 2012 cocoa grind data Thursday (New throughout, updates prices; adds analyst comment, second byline/dateline) NEW YORK/LONDON, Jan…
By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:17am EST (Reuters) – Stock index futures were flat on Tuesday as investors held back from making large bets ahead of an onslaught of corporate earnings and after recently notching five-year highs. Both the Dow and S&P 500 closed at their highest levels the earnings season. U.S. markets were closed on…
Jan. 10, 2013, 8:13 a.m. EST Central banks in Europe keep rates unchanged By Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch MADRID (MarketWatch) — Stock-market futures pointed to another day of gains for Wall Street on Thursday, with sentiment lifted by upbeat Chinese trade data and attention turning to weekly jobless claims and a couple of Federal Reserve speakers. Central…
TOP NEWS Hedge funds’ commodity bets see little change in value over year Fri, Jan 04 18:37 PM EST By Barani Krishnan (Reuters) – Hedge funds and other big speculators held just over $70 billion worth of bullish bets on U.S. commodities as the year began, barely changed from 12 months ago, after two weak…
Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:58pm EST * Gold up for a 12th straight year, more gains seen in 2013 * Palladium, platinum and silver outperform bullion though (Updates throughout with tentative US fiscal deal and close in gold futures; changes dateline to NEW YORK, previously LONDON) By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) -…