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Don't Miss Out on the Global Stock Rally
Indices across the world rose last week in what looks to be the beginning of a historic stock rally.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 1.6% last week, while the overseas developed-world large-caps - represented by the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US exchange-traded fund (NYSE: VEU) - rose 2.4%.Meanwhile, the iShares Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:
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Will the Fed's Spending Drive Stocks Back Up to Their Pre-Lehman Levels?
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is up more than 10% in the past month, and it finally looks like all of the thin threads of strength we've seen over the past few months are starting to twine together into a single rope that may be strong enough to pull stocks back up to pre-crisis levels.
The key threads are:
- The ECRI Weekly Leading Index has stabilized and turned higher.
- The
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The Fed's Actions Are Boosting the Bull Cycle for U.S. Stocks
News from the U.S. Federal Reserve is keeping the bull cycle for U.S. stocks alive and well. Despite investors taking a breather this week, the outlook is good for coming months.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.2% since Monday, while the Nasdaq 100, shown below, fell every day of the past week for a total slippage of 1.5%. The week felt a lot better than...
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Will the Mid-Term Elections Drive the Market Into High Gear?
The past five days added more hues to the emerging snapshot of U.S. economic growth that is sluggish and top-heavy, but still rolling forward -- kind of like a tank that can't get out of first gear. New data shows that U.S. GDP is back to 70% of its pre-recession strength, but jobs have recovered only 9%. It's this disconnect between output and employment that has made the current "recovery" seem so anemic.
That was fine for investors, who bid up risky assets in the past week just as they had the previous three weeks....
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Leaders Emerging as the U.S. Economy Shakes Off Its Stupor
The past five days added more color to the emerging picture of U.S. economic growth that is slow and unsteady -- but still in gear. Investors decided that was good enough, and bid up risky assets. TheStandard & Poor's 500 Indexrose 1.4%,emerging marketsrose 1.8%,goldrose 2.2% andbonds fell.
Underlying breadth modestly weakened, as the market is primarily being propelled now by a withdrawal of sellers -- not an increase in buyers. News late in the...
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Why Investors Need to Pay Attention to These Emerging Markets
The U.S. market showed improvement last week, but is still falling short of the continued growth and profit opportunities that emerging markets have to offer.
Stocks inched higher on Wall Street over the past week, taking heart from news of a modest improvement in jobs and a narrowing of the U.S. trade deficit. Both acted to counter the argument that the U.S. economy is speeding for a cliff in a foreign-badged car.
Bonds finished...
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There's Reason to be Pessimistic about the U.S. Economy, but Never Panic
Pessimism increased again among investors last week, as a slew of economic data stoked fears of a double-dip recession.
Indeed, housing and unemployment continue to weigh on the U.S. economy. But don't panic. Remember that the prospects for a full economic recovery are much better outside the United States, and that it's often good to be greedy when others are fearful.
To find out more about the precarious state of the U.S....
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What to Expect on Wall Street as Nervous Investors Navigate a Slowing Economic Recovery
Wall Street was hit hard last week with gloomy data that has kept buying interest stalled and investors spooked over a slow economic recovery.
Stocks slipped over the past week after investors learned from government reports that jobs are getting scarcer than straw hats in a wind tunnel, and it isn't always sunny in Philadelphia.
The big-cap indexes lost around 1%, while safe haven assets like gold and the U.S. dollar were buoyant. The best investment around for the week was the U.S. long bond, up...
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Emerging Stock Markets Thrive as U.S. Shares Tumble
As the U.S. stock markets struggle in the midst of slowing economic growth, emerging stock markets are thriving as their surging economies provide cover for savvy investors.
Stocks tripped over the past week after a weak jobless claims report and a lukewarm revenue outlook fromCisco SystemsInc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) on Thursday put an exclamation point on worries about a muddled Federal Reserve Bank policy. U.S. markets lost more than 4% in one of their weakest five-day...
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With Mid-Term Elections Looming, Will Democrats Fire Back with a Second Stimulus
Data last week showed a job market that's careening down a steep street with no breaks. Yet investors were able to shrug off employment concerns, as the stock market actually ended the week up 1.5% due to that rockin' Monday on the first day of the month.
That's because there is growing speculation that the Democrats are plotting a surprise stimulus in the run up to November's mid-term elections.
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