NEW YORK | Mon Oct 1, 2012 10:24am EDT (Reuters) – The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in September, shaking off three months of weakness as new orders and employment picked up, an industry report showed on Monday. COMMENTS: PETER JANKOVSKIS, CO-CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER AT OAKBROOK INVESTMENTS LLC IN LISLE, ILLINOIS “Numerically that is a pretty small amount…
Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:10am EDT * GDP weaker than expected, jobless claims fall * China measures could support cyclical shares * Investors await Spain’s budget as riots continue * Futures up: Dow 52 pts, S&P 6.1 pts, Nasdaq 6.75 pts By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures pared some earlier gains and were poised…
Published: Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | 8:21 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday, on track to snap a five-day losing streak, as hopes grew that the Chinese government would step in to bolster the nation’s slowing growth. Chinese stocks rebounded from multi-year lows on speculation the China Securities Regulatory…
Monday, September 24, 2012 Diane Alter: Investing in gold and silver already offered staggering profit potential, and the opportunities just got even brighter. Gold this week reached a “golden cross” and silver is perched to traverse one in a matter a days, following successive weeks of bullish trends in both precious metals’ markets. A golden…
By Andrea Tse Monday 09/24/12 – 08:40 AM EDT Stock quotes in this article: ^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC, LEN, RHT, CSTR, VZ, YHOO NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stock futures were pointing lower Monday with the markets anxious over global growth prospects and the progress on fixing the European debt crisis. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were slumping 47 points, or 49.47 points below fair value, at 13,453. Futures…
Mon 17 September 2012, 14:45 EDT – Raw-sugar futures edged higher after playing both sides of unchanged in intraday trade as the market struggles with conflicting fundamentals and technical signals. “Sugar is at a critical inflexion point,” says Sarhan Capital’s Adam Sarhan. A global glut of the sweetener is pressuring prices, but concerns over output in…
Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:49pm EDT * Key chart rise signals improving long-term outlook * Bullion soared 11 percent after last golden cross in 2009 By Frank Tang NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) – A “golden cross” formed on spot gold’s price chart gives bullion investors another reason to increase their bullish bets. On Thursday,…
By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK | Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:12pm EDT (Reuters) – Commodity markets tumbled on Monday, as investors worried about the demand outlook for oil, metals and grains after weeks of rising prices built on optimism over economic stimulus in the United States and Europe. With technical charts showing many commodity markets in or…
By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK | Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:44pm EDT (Reuters) – Hedge funds and other big speculators pumped more than $6 billion into U.S. commodity markets this week, the most in three weeks, just before the Federal Reserve announced a third round of stimulus for the U.S. economy, trade data showed on Friday. With…
By Frank Tang NEW YORK | Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:57pm EDT (Reuters) – Gold rose to a six-month high on Friday, extending the previous session’s 2 percent rally after the U.S. Federal Reserve unleashed another round of aggressive stimulus. Platinum group metals gained sharply on supply worries due to mining unrest in South Africa and a…