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There's a great deal of uncertainty about whether there will be a Syria attack from the United States – but investors want to know how markets would react to such a strike.
Secretary of State John Kerry has said a Syria attack – when and if it comes – would be "extremely limited and targeted," and support for an attack is far from ironclad.
by Diane Alter
A possible military attack on Syria and the August jobs report – the last major read on the economy before September's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting – kept investors pegged to the sidelines last week – but we still delivered a handful of new stocks to buy for Money Morning readers…
Indeed, for the first time in three months, investors pulled some $226 million from U.S. equity funds, a reversal from inflows of $1 billion in the prior week.
And after a three-decade bull market run, bond holders were reminded that even these "less risky" investment vehicles aren't immune to a bear market. The 10-year Treasury note hit 3% intraday Thursday for the first time since 2011. Money is seeping from bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ($45.7 billion through the end of August), with the bulk sitting in near-zero interest-baring money market instruments.
Money Morning knows that savvy investors make money in all market scenarios. With that in mind, following is a recap of some of the best stocks to buy now that Money Morning featured last week.
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Stock market news today kicks off on a good note with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 100 points before noon on Monday.
But investors still await more clarity on whether the United States will attack Syria.
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by Greg Madison
Find out how you can invest in this hot spot where energy industry honchos are investing billions of dollars.
Prolific U.S. shale regions have delivered some of the best investments in energy over the past few years – and now there's another state set to join the Frackers' Club.
Ohio finds itself sitting atop the deep Utica Shale formation, a source of unconventionally derived oil and natural gas.
In fact, roughly the entire eastern half of the state lies on top of the formation. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), that portion holds most of the Utica Shale's oil resources.
The natural gas assessment units – land where the USGS believes there to be energy resources – run farther to the north, south, and east of Ohio, going down into West Virginia and Kentucky, across into Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York and up across the Canadian border into Ontario and Quebec – much of the immense, ancient Appalachian Basin.
If you've blinked in the last 14 days, you might have missed this…
ARM Holdings PLC (Nasdaq ADR: ARMH) – one of the world's dominant mobile-device chip companies – bought a small Finnish software startup called Sensinode Oy in a deal whose price wasn't reported.
by Shah Gilani
Let's talk about Syria and how what's happening there is affecting the markets.
I see oil rising to two-year highs. I see gold rising to three-month highs. Let's see, what else is being affected? Oh, that would be nothing.
And today we find out that, with a touch of some levers somewhere, U.S. GDP growth wasn't really 1.7% in the second quarter, it was really 2.5%.
Let's talk about the GDP growth revision and how that's affecting the markets.
I see oil coming off its Syria-inspired spike and gold giving up some recent gains. Let's see, what else is being affected? Oh, that would be nothing. Well, maybe bonds just a bit.
by Diane Alter
Investors generally took the lackluster August jobs report as a sign the U.S. Federal Reserve will hold off announcing a tapering of its $85 billion a month bond program at the Sept. 17-18 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.
The Labor Department reported today (Friday) that U.S. job growth last month increased by a less-than-expected 169,000 jobs, adding to signs that economic growth likely slowed in the third quarter. The unemployment rate dipped in August to 7.3% from 7.4%. Economists were looking for employers to have increased headcount in August some 180,000.
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There's an uneasy lull in the Syrian crisis.
Now that the Obama administration has decided to seek Congressional approval for a Syrian strike, we are in a hazy period before some major decisions are made.
And while a Senate committee has approved a military move against Syria, further action will be slow to come. Congress is officially on recess until Monday.
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by David Zeiler
Apple stock has needed a fresh catalyst for quite some time, and it's about to get one.
In the first of two related developments, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has scheduled an event on Tuesday to unveil its new flagship iPhone 5S as well as a lower-cost version, expected to be called the iPhone 5C.
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by Tara Clarke
Oct. 1 marks the start of Obamacare for millions of Americans. That's when the Obamacare health insurance exchanges (HIX) go live and open enrollment begins.
Today (Friday) marks another key Obamacare moment. The August unemployment report released today gave us a clearer look at the Obamacare effect on U.S. jobs.
