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Stoyan Bojinov: Stock markets had a rather uneventful start to the week as more of the same eurozone threats and uncertainties surrounding corporate earnings season at home continue to weigh down on confidence. On Wall Street, economic releases remain a mixed bag at best; Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks crept lower yesterday as disappointing ISM non-manufacturing data results put a lid on domestic recovery hopes; the figure came in at 52.1, falling short of the 52.9 analyst estimate as well as last month’s reading of 53.7. In international news, Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: U.S. stocks managed to rally higher and close in bright green territory yesterday despite an overwhelming number of looming uncertainties. For starters, weekly jobless claims came in worse than expected as 386,000 people had filed for unemployment benefits versus the estimated 376,000. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: European debt drama continues to plague the global market, although investors were able to brush aside the cloud of uncertainty yesterday thanks to encouraging data from the home front. ISM nonmanufacturing data came in better-than-expected, Read more…
Karen Schenone: Ever wonder how to use all the fixed income ETFs out there? We have a tool for that! Read more…
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Stoyan Bojinov: Equity indexes climbed into bright green territory yesterday as investors on Wall Street rejoiced over several encouraging economic data releases. Buying euphoria quickly spread after the latest jobless claims report came in better-than-expected; a total of 348,000 people filed for Read more…
Willem Weytjens: Are Bonds about to plunge? And if so (or if not), what are the implications for stocks and precious metals? Let’s have a look at the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEARCA:TLT). Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Volatility swept over the markets as investors were taken by surprise on Tuesday after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called for a referendum to the three-pronged “bailout plan” agreed upon in Brussels last week. Domestic equity indexes tumbled upwards of 2% for the day as investors Read more…
Eric Dutram: Although the American budget situation continues to be dire, investors still appear to have a robust appetite for Treasury bonds. Demand for 30 Year Bonds, which carry the greatest levels of interest rate risk, hit a bid/cover ratio of 2.85 in the most recent auction, the best since March. With that being said Read more…
Raghu Gullapalli: Capitulation Buy Set Up: The S&P 500
Everyone and their day trading mother is firmly of the belief that tomorrow’s job number will Read more…
The beginning of earnings season last week provided a welcome distraction from the more troubling forums that have been capturing the attention of investors in recent weeks. The latest developments in Europe’s ongoing debt saga and twists and turns in Washington related to the fast-approaching Read more…
Although the Greek situation is far from resolved, many market participants cheered the results of yesterday’s confidence vote for the nation’s Prime Minister. Most took it as a sign that one of the biggest hurdles to the country’s bailout has been cleared, sending safe haven assets plunging on the Read more…
“A trader has taken a very short-term position in the iShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSE:TLT), looking to pick up a small premium as expiration hits. More than 10,000 May 94 puts Read more…
The second week of May was a pretty poor one for American equity markets as high levels of volatility combined with fears over global growth and inflation to send markets to a loss for the Read more…
Investors have been slowly embracing exchange-traded products as a tool for accessing fixed income exposure in recent years, gradually becoming more comfortable with the nuances of bond Read more…
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