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Sat 18 May 2013
- Benchmarks register fourth weekly gain
- S&P and Dow at all-time highs
- Uni of Michigan index and Leading Indicators beat forecasts
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Fri 17 May 2013
Better than expected economic data, JP Morgan raises year-end target for S and P 500 to 1,715 from 1,580, Large rise in US dollar index, Goldman Sachs sees Fed tapering QE in December-CNBC
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Fri 17 May 2013
US consumer confidence rises more than expected; BoE policymaker dashes hopes of stimulus; Italy offers aid to households and workers
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Fri 17 May 2013
- Better than expected economic data
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Fri 17 May 2013
Industrial machinery maker Caterpillar has cut the cost of its acquisition of a Chinese mining equipment group, meaning that it will take a big write-down following alleged accounting “irregularities”, the The Wall Street Journal writes.
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Fri 17 May 2013
The main US equity averages are now being called to start the day with strong gains as traders step in after yesterday’s late stumble following erroneous reports – in some media outlets - of important forthcoming policy signals from Fed officials, today.
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Fri 17 May 2013
France sees return to growth; Europe's new car sales rise in April; US policymakers discuss future stimulus cut
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Fri 17 May 2013
Fed officials call for end to monetary stimulus; ECB to use new supervisor role to squeeze weak banks
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Fri 17 May 2013
Moody's Investor Service has decided to upgrade Turkey's credit rating to an investment grade with a 'stable' outlook after the country underwent several reforms to its financial structure.
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Fri 17 May 2013
Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici believes that growth will return to France in the second half of this year after data on Wednesday showed the French economy slipped into recession during the first quarter.
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Fri 17 May 2013
- Some websites reported important messages coming from Fed on Friday
Hilsenrath (WSJ): Fed not worried about low inflation, Fed (Williams): May be able to trim bond buying by summer, BIS (Caruana): Central banks should normalise rates sooner rather than later, Fed (Rosengren): Highly accommodative policy currently appropriate, Fed (Fisher): Not yet time to stop Treasury purchases, but soon
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Thu 16 May 2013
Eurozone trade surplus reaches record high; Weaker than expected US data; Quantitative easing should be tapered this year, says Fed's Plosser
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Thu 16 May 2013
AMD, Amazon, Chesapeake, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Constellation, eBay, Ford, Medtronic, Molson Coors, Viacom
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Thu 16 May 2013
Consumer prices in the UK fell more than expected in April, offering Federal Reserve (Fed) members an argument to hold off plans to taper its quantitative easing programme.
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Thu 16 May 2013
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, unveiled a 1.4 per cent drop in US like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to April 26th.
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Thu 16 May 2013
“Proving once again that he's a long-term investor, not a day trader, billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made few changes to its closely followed $85bn stock portfolio in the first quarter,” the USA Today reports. The paper says that Berkshire upped its stakes in “three blue-chip favourites” - Wells Fargo, Wal-Mart and IBM.
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Thu 16 May 2013
BIS (Caruana): Central banks should normalise rates sooner rather than later; Fed (Rosengren): Highly accommodative policy currently appropriate; Fed (Fisher): Should slow mortgage bond purchases
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Thu 16 May 2013
The main US equity averages are now being called to start the day on a mixed footing, with the slightest of gains on the Dow Jones Industrial and S and P 500, but alongside a small rise in the Nasdaq Composite.
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Thu 16 May 2013
- Stocks off ahead of US data
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Thu 16 May 2013
Stocks in Tokyo fell into the red on Thursday, despite impressive Japanese gross domestic product figures, as profit takers moved in recent outperformers.
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