Posts Tagged ‘dollar’
U.S. recovery hopes drive developed stocks
Developed market stocks climbed on Thursday on hopes for renewed U.S. economic growth, although the dollar and emerging markets steadied, unwilling to push a rally further ahead of more data on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Stocks Skid on New Fed View
U.S. stocks stumbled and the dollar surged as investors reined in expectations for... Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Letter June 25, 2010 (The Kiplinger Letter)
Dear Client: Two years after a meltdown threatened,with the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Bros.,and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac heading south... The feds' financial rescue is winding down.The final cost: $300 billion to $450 billion is likely. Compared with the savings & loan bailout in the 1990s...at least twice the dollar amount, but roughly the same measured as a share of GDP (Please log in to read further...) Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Letter May 28, 2010 (The Kiplinger Letter)
Dear Client, Expect the dollar to keep rising worldwide... And don't assume it's a short-term revival. Foreign governments have joined the speculators in buying greenbacks, now the safest available asset. Even Russia, a very loud critic of dollar reliance, is hedging its euro holdings. And Japan Post Bank is buying dollar bonds for the first time since 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
The Integra FX Report – April 28, 2010 (The Integra FX Report: Daily Foreign Exchange Commentary)
Volatility returned to the N.Y. session on Tuesday morning when S&P downgraded both Greece and Portugal. The Euro, already under overnight pressure from a sixth consecutive day of widening CD spreads in Greece, closed the day down 225 pips against the Dollar and over 300 against the Yen. U.S. equity markets took the news pretty harshly as well, closing down nearly 2.5% after making a new 18 month high on Monday. AUD/USD continued to correlate nicely with the stock market, falling 130 points after the announcement Read the rest of this entry »
1-15-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Stocks are lower as JPMorgan’s fourth quarter results fall short of expectations The stock market fell Friday as a rise in the dollar hit commodity prices and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s fourth-quarter revenue came in weaker than expected. The drop in stocks comes as major stock indexes stand at 15-month highs and as stocks in Read the rest of this entry »