Two weeks to go until U.S. GDP day.

The next two weeks before the GDP numbers are reported seem especially rich in data with the potential to depress investor spirits. That creates a possible positive surprise if the GDP growth rate is only wretched instead of absolutely horrifying.

The stock market has been stuck for 2 days: How will it break?

On Wednesday July 14 stocks hit technical resistance and stalled. They stayed stuck there on Thursday June 15 despite big macro-economic news from China and good earnings news from JPMorgan Chase.

Log jams like this aren’t unusual but they always get resolved one way or the other. How will this one break?

So what’s a share of JPMorgan Chase worth?

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Apple: Do two blips make a buying dip?

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It’s guidance (from Alcoa) that counts

The big news that’s fueling today’s across the board rally in stocks isn’t the extra two cents in earnngs that Alcoa (AA) reported last night. No, it is the company’s increase in guidance for the next quarter and the rest of 2010. That raised hopes that economic growth might actually be higher than expected.

Morning Briefing 7/1/10

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