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    Stock Market Futures Today Are Taking Cues from ECB

    Stock market futures today

    By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - January 21, 2015

    Stock market futures today (Wednesday) forecasted a 74-point decline from yesterday's close on weak fourth-quarter revenues from tech giant International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM).

    Thursday, the ECB is expected to announce its own massive bond-purchasing program to stimulate the currency bloc's dragging markets. But any move that doesn't deliver quantitative easing will no doubt shock markets.

    Here's what else you should know about the stock market today - including your "Money Morning Tip of the Day" - to make it a profitable Wednesday...

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  • Stock Market Futures Today Are Taking Cues from ECB
  • Crowd-Watch State of the Union 2015 for These Five Epic Moments
  • 2015 State of the Union Address: 7 Topics That Matter to Investors
  • 2014 State of the Union Address: Nine Ideas You'll Hear Tonight and Why They Matter
  • State of the Union Speech to Disguise True Obama Agenda
  • The 2012 State of the Union Tax Reforms That Could Affect You
  • Five Things Obama Didn't Want You to Hear in His State of the Union
  • Obama's Trade Enforcement Unit and the Looming Trade War with China
  • Restoring the Dream: State of the Union Pitches an Economy "Built to Last"
  • State of the Union Excerpts Outline Speech Focused on Income Inequality, Job Creation
  • State of the Union: How to Profit From President Obama's New Clean Energy Challenge
  • State of the Union: Why You Should Fear America's "Sputnik Moment"
  • What Do You Think of President Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address?
  • Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald To Address State of the Union in Second Fox Business Appearance This Week

Stock Market Futures Today Are Taking Cues from ECB

By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - January 21, 2015

Stock market futures today

Stock market futures today (Wednesday) forecasted a 74-point decline from yesterday's close on weak fourth-quarter revenues from tech giant International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM).

Thursday, the ECB is expected to announce its own massive bond-purchasing program to stimulate the currency bloc's dragging markets. But any move that doesn't deliver quantitative easing will no doubt shock markets.

Here's what else you should know about the stock market today - including your "Money Morning Tip of the Day" - to make it a profitable Wednesday...

Crowd-Watch State of the Union 2015 for These Five Epic Moments

By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - January 20, 2015

State of the Union 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama will address the condition of the nation and outline his legislative agenda in his State of the Union 2015 on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

He will touch on a major tax overhaul, cybersecurity, and economic recovery. But serious issues aside, millions of television viewers watch the address for more than intellectual debate...

They also tune in for a little social experiment. When you round up a heavily fractioned 535 Members of Congress in one room and force them to listen to a speech from our lightning-rod President, it is nigh-guaranteed some antics will occur.

Here are the top five most entertaining things to watch for in the crowd of State of the Union 2015.

2015 State of the Union Address: 7 Topics That Matter to Investors

By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - January 20, 2015

2015 State of the Union Address

The 2015 State of the Union Address has investors across the country awaiting President Barack Obama's new tax policy, without question the biggest issue tonight. He's looking to raise an additional $320 billion in taxes.

This is the first time President Obama will deliver the speech to a Republican-controlled Congress, so he'll likely hear less applause from Congress than in previous addresses.

Here are the top seven things for investors to watch in the 2015 State of the Union Address...

2014 State of the Union Address: Nine Ideas You'll Hear Tonight and Why They Matter

By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - January 28, 2014

SOTU 2014: U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his fifth State of the Union address tonight, which means tomorrow most media outlets will graph and "wordcloud" his most used buzzwords like "jobs," "invest," and "innovate."

Instead of waiting until after the SOTU, we put together the nine phrases you're likely to hear tonight - as well as why President Obama needs to address them.

Here's your outline of State of the Union 2014:

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State of the Union Speech to Disguise True Obama Agenda

By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - February 11, 2013

In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, U.S. President Barack Obama will risk the ire of Republicans by telling the nation the government needs to spend more money to restore economic prosperity.

President Obama will spend much of his fifth State of the Union address outlining several new initiatives aimed at bringing relief to middle-class Americans hard hit by the Great Recession, White House officials have told several major news organizations.

"Our single biggest remaining challenge is to get our economy in a place where the middle class is feeling less squeezed, where incomes sustain families," a senior administration official who had seen a draft of the speech told The Washington Post.

But while the U.S. economy will be the overriding theme of President Obama's State of the Union speech, many of the proposals will not coincidentally advance many of the president's other favorite issues, such as climate change and education.

According to those who have seen the speech, President Obama is expected to announce initiatives in education, infrastructure, clean energy and manufacturing. White House officials told The New York Times that the cost of these proposals would be offset by savings elsewhere in the budget - or new revenues.

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The 2012 State of the Union Tax Reforms That Could Affect You

By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning - January 25, 2012

U.S. President Barack Obama outlined significant tax reforms in his 2012 State of the Union address Tuesday night. As expected, tax reform was a main theme in the president's speech, mentioned 34 times. The White House today (Wednesday) fleshed out in detail the tax reforms aimed to achieve the president's goals of reviving U.S. manufacturing […]

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Five Things Obama Didn't Want You to Hear in His State of the Union

By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - January 25, 2012

Seeking to put the best possible spin on his message, President Barack Obama took some liberties with the truth in his State of the Union address.

Although the president never actually lied, he repeatedly left out facts that contradict his claims of success.

President Obama hadn't yet left the House chamber when the reality check started. And it didn't take long to find some pretty big the holes in the State of the Union address.

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Obama's Trade Enforcement Unit and the Looming Trade War with China

By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning - January 25, 2012

U.S. President Barack Obama in Tuesday's State of the Union speech called for the creation of a Trade Enforcement Unit to end unfair practices hindering U.S. trade growth - especially tactics employed by China. "I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products," the president said in his annual address […]

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Restoring the Dream: State of the Union Pitches an Economy "Built to Last"

By , Money Morning - January 25, 2012

In a speech before the nation last night, President Obama's State of the Union Address spoke of a new American economy that is "built to last."

Of course, in the wake of the dot com bubble, the subprime mortgage fiasco and the funny money of the last decade, that's certainly an objective all of us can heartily agree with.

The American Dream is in need of repair.

The good news is that with one exception the President's State of the Union Address did outlined some useful steps that could be taken to help boost the economic recovery.

Naturally though, I think the details could use a little tweaking!

The Worthy Goals in the State of the Union Address

To start off with, the President outlined his primary strategy to help bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. That's an entirely worthy objective.

What's more, this goal actually has a decent chance of being met--- at least partially.

Here's why...

Chinese manufacturing costs have been rising rapidly over last few years, since its workforce is now demanding a larger share of the profits in the country's new found prosperity.

Also the President was correct when he claimed that there are several intrinsic advantages to manufacturing here in the states. As a result, the cost equation has been swinging pretty rapidly in favor of bringing manufacturing jobs back home.

His example of the Master Lock plant in Milwaukee running at full capacity for the first time in fifteen years is just part of a greater trend.

The President's proposal to lower corporate tax rates, while eliminating the loopholes that allow companies like General Electric to pay almost no U.S. taxes, will also undoubtedly help to bring even more manufacturing jobs back home.

Not only is this sensible, the President's proposal is politically clever as well.

After all, it's always pretty smart to call for something already starting to happen. That way your success is almost guaranteed!

Unfortunately, some of the President's other ideas were less satisfying...



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State of the Union Excerpts Outline Speech Focused on Income Inequality, Job Creation

By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning - January 24, 2012

According to excerpts released by the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver an ambitious speech when he addresses the nation at 9 p.m. ET today (Tuesday) in the annual State of the Union. His plans for 2012 will focus on job creation, rebuilding the middle class, U.S. government spending, and tax reform. State […]

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State of the Union: How to Profit From President Obama's New Clean Energy Challenge

By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI - January 31, 2011

In last week's State of the Union address, U.S. President Barack Obama issued a national challenge: Take the 11.5% of the U.S. electricity that emanates from clean-energy sources and boost it to 80% by 2035.

As with any game-changing direction - landing a man on the moon in a decade, bringing an end to the Cold War, curing cancer, or weaning our economy off of coal and crude oil - leaders such as President Obama provide the enticement.

But the market has to figure out how to get it done.

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State of the Union: Why You Should Fear America's "Sputnik Moment"

By , Money Morning - January 26, 2011

In his State of the Union Address yesterday (Tuesday) evening, U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States is experiencing another "Sputnik moment."

For a free marketer like myself, that's deeply depressing rhetoric: It reflects the reality that President Obama believes that this crisis - like others that came before it - is best solved by still more government action.

In short, while President Obama employed the language of bi-partisanship, the picture he painted was that of Big Government digging in. Just like at the time of Sputnik.



To understand why you should fear this rhetoric, please read on...

What Do You Think of President Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address?

By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning - January 25, 2011

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to the country Tuesday night in the annual State of the Union address, an assessment of the nation's biggest issues, and a presentation that is usually draped heavily in rhetoric.

Before the speech, many analysts were afraid President Obama would make broad optimistic statements – while offering no concrete plans for improvement.

White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett said Tuesday morning that one of President Obama's main messages would be to highlight the new "bipartisan spirit" in Washington.

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Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald To Address State of the Union in Second Fox Business Appearance This Week

By , Money Morning - January 25, 2011

Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald is scheduled to appear today (Wednesday) as a guest on the hour-long Varney & Co. show on Fox Business News.

On that show, which begins at 9:30 a.m. (EST), Fitz-Gerald is tentatively scheduled to sit in for co-anchor Chris Cotter, and to talk about State of the Union issues with company "co-members" Charlie Payne and Tracy Byrnes. The list of guests is currently scheduled to include:

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