[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities closed mixed as investors remained worried about the debt ceiling negotiations and global economic growth while a rebound for Apple Inc buoyed the technology sector. In economic news, the World Bank sharply cut its global growth forecast for this year citing austerity measures, low business confidence and high unemployment in advanced economies. The bank …
Early Sell Off Followed By Higher Close On Mixed Economic Data; Europe Ends Unchanged
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks fought back, rebounding from earlier losses Tuesday as a rally in retail and transportation shares eclipsed concerns about discussions on raising the debt ceiling in Washington, while further weakness for Apple weighed on the technology sector. On the economic news front, reports showed US retail sales rose 0.5 percent in December, led by an …
Dell Rally Is Offset By Apple Slide In The US; Europe Declines For A Third Day On Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities closed mixed Monday, with two of the three benchmark indexes slipping into negative territory as Apple Inc’s near four percent drop amid concern about iPhone sales offset a rally in Dell Inc. Apple, the most valuable company, sank 3.6 percent that wiped out $17 billion in investor wealth after the Wall Street Journal and …
One Man’s Opinion: Do US Banks Still Pose A Systemic Risk To The Economy?
Legendary investor Warren Buffet thinks US banks are out of the woods. In a recent interview with the Bloomberg, Buffet said he guarantees US banks will not get the country in trouble as capital ratios are huge and the excesses on the asset side has been largely cleared out. Neil Barofsky, a former inspector for the Treasury’s Troubled Assets Relief …
Chinese Export Data Lifts Equities; Europe Falters As ECB Keeps Rates On Hold
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks advanced for a second straight day, sending the S&P 500 to a fresh five-year closing high after exports data from China bolstered the view the global economy is on the mend. China’s December exports surged 14.1 percent from a year earlier, almost triple the 5 percent growth projected by analysts and well ahead of …
More Slippage Ahead Of Earnings Season; Europe Retreats On Mixed Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities extended modest losses into a second straight session as investors braced for the start of corporate earnings season. I did not know that two down days in a row were still permitted in this centrally planned economy, but I stand to be corrected… In economic news, US consumers expanded their debt to $16.1 billion …