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Dow, S&P 500 Retreat From Rally as Health Care Selloff Interrupts Fed Boost

March 16, 2017-11:35 pm Stevie 0

The Street Investor sentiment soured on Thursday as a selloff in health care challenged optimism over the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates. The S&P 500 was down 0.16% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.07%. […]

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US stock indexes step back while overseas markets rally

March 16, 2017-11:55 am Stevie 0

SFGate NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes took a small step back on Thursday, while bond yields recovered some of their sharp losses from the prior day. Stock markets around the world rallied. KEEPING […]

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The Next Big Test for the Global Stocks Rally is U.S. Fiscal Policy

March 16, 2017-7:39 am Stevie 0

Bloomberg A Goldilocks policy statement from the Federal Reserve and similar actionout of China kept the global rally in equities going on Thursday. And with European political concerns ebbing for now, the next test may […]

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The Fed Delivers a Hike and a Message

March 15, 2017-11:46 pm Stevie 0

Bloomberg Mohamed A. El-Erian The Federal Reserve did more today than increase its benchmark interest rates by a quarter-point, only the third hike in more than 10 years — it also took an important step […]

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Jeff Gundlach on Markets Video

March 15, 2017-12:52 pm traderscott 0

The Entry Points Jeff Gundlach is a pretty sharp guy, one of the very few on Wall Street. And he’s also a musician (drummer) – markets and music composition (flows and waves) have very similar […]

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Goldman Turns Cautious on Stocks as Fed Threatens to Upset Calm

March 15, 2017-7:18 am Stevie 0

Bloomberg The longer the seemingly unstoppable reflation rally continues, the more warning signs start to flash for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — especially in stocks. The bank’s strategists have lowered their three-month outlook for global […]

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Investors Are Betting Against Trump’s Trade War

March 14, 2017-7:12 am Stevie 0

Bloomberg The unpredictable novice in the White House is making emerging markets seem less dangerous by comparison, say strategists like Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Kamakshya Trivedi. And that’s giving him the confidence to recommend buying […]

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Red faces all around as 11pc of China fund fail to meet guarantees

March 13, 2017-4:35 pm traderscott 0

  South China Morning Post Mainland mutual fund houses have been left red-faced after 40 of their guaranteed funds posted investment losses, with net asset values falling below the offering price of 1 yuan (14 […]

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The Long Bottom in Oil

March 12, 2017-8:03 pm traderscott 0

The Entry Points The 2008 bubble in oil to $147/barrel is still having its’ effects, and this major bottoming process in oil will take a few years. The rally in oil from its’ February 11, […]

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Trump Points to Drudge’s ‘Great Again’ Praise of New Jobs Report

March 11, 2017-8:02 am Stevie 0

Bloomberg President Donald Trump seized on the first federal jobs report of his presidency to promote a narrative of an invigorated economy that may strengthen his political position as he begins the drive to win […]

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