Is volatility about to spike in China? And could it take global volatility up with it?
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A report from the Commerce Department this morning showed consumer spending picking up by 1% in April. Wages and salaries gained 0.5%. All that argues that the U.S. economy is set to rebound after weak growth in GDP in the fourth and first quarters. Economists had expected consumer spending to climb 0.7% in April.
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Trick or trend: On Friday Yellen, that master of Fed-speak, kept markets guessing about the exact timing of an interest rate increase
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The big question is why the Shanghai stock market is hanging so tough on continued negative news on growth in China’s economy
Rally stalls near top of trading range–any reason for concern?
Yesterday, May 25, U.S. stocks looked set to bust right on through the top of the recent trading range at 2100. Today, May 26, not so much. The index stalled at 2090–and closed at 2089.25.
Sector Monday: What Applied Materials earnings say about investing in Apple
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...It looks like the growth slump is over for Hain Celestial
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Markets continue to reposition for a Fed interest rate increase–now it’s a rally in bank stocks and a further drop in gold
Welcome back to December! Remember when the financial markets thought the Federal Reserve was going to raise interest rates three times or maybe even four times in 2016 and suddenly bank stocks were the thing to own? At least until January when the sector went into a dumpster. Well, the positioning was back today–even if just for a day
Federal Reserve continues jawboning on an interest rate increase
The speeches, interviews, and presentations from members of the Federal Reserve keep on coming. And they all say, “We’re prepared to raise rates soon.”