[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities snapped a two-day losing streak to end modestly higher as investors weighed better economic data against average corporate earnings report. Economic data offered the silver lining after two day’s of hammering. Demand for durable goods jumped 9.9 percent in September, a Commerce Department report revealed. Also, first time jobless claims came in better than …
Skidding To Seven-Week Low As Fed Decision Offsets Economy; Europe Rises On PMI Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Giving out early session gain gains, US stocks finished lower Wednesday as the Federal Reserve’s call for modest growth tempered moods amid signs of improvement in Chinese factory output and American housing market. October US flash manufacturing activity notched up to 51.31 from 51.1 in September while the US housing industry continued to chug ahead, extending …
Exuberance Disappears As Markets Take It On The Chin; Europe Plunges
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks took another plunge today with the Dow Industrials hitting a seven-week low after a batch of weak US earnings numbers and worries over Spain deepened investors concern of a global slowdown. Risk sentiment soured after ratings agency Moody’s Investor service downgraded Spain’s five regions by one or two notches stating their long term funding alternatives …
Last Hour Lift-A-Thon Saves The Day; Europe Turns Lower
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US market indexes staged a late-session comeback Monday that erased early losses to end marginally higher after the technology sector rallied to lift major equity averages. It was the usual afternoon lift-a-thon we have become accustomed to witness now that the Fed is officially in charge of stock market direction. Following last week’s steep losses after …
Can Equities Do Well Even If QE Generates Too Much Inflation?
Bill Gross of PIMCO thinks Treasuries and high-yield bonds will do well as investor become risk averse, which is a reasonable bet, says David Zervos, Head of Global Fixed Income Strategy at Jefferies. Gross probably believes quantitative easing does little good for the real economy and that’s where the subtle difference of opinion lies, he added. In the end, the …
Jobs Data Disappoints While Google Weighs On Equities; Europe Hits 16-Month High
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks turned lower Thursday falling for the first time this week as tech giant Google missed earnings target highlighting the storm brewing in the tech sector while a rise in weekly jobless rate eclipsed upbeat manufacturing data. The mood went sour after a Labor Department showed initial jobless claims jumped 46,000 to 388,000, reversing a …