Articles in Economy

Stock Market Trends: Wall Street is Getting Shaky

10/9/2012, 3:40 pm from ETF Stocks in Investing, Stocks, Earnings, Economy

Wall Street is starting to feel a little uneasy in the knees. With the NASDAQ clearly below September’s pivot-low early in Tuesday trading, a short-term sell signal for the index will be... Read >>

Analyst Sees Drop in China Copper Consumption

10/9/2012, 1:41 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Commodities, Economy, ETFs, International, Investing Ideas

Bloomberg reported today that Simon Hunt Strategic Services, a well-known metals and mining research company, has forecast that consumption of copper in China will decline in 2012 for the... Read >>

Crude Oil Testing Major Retracement Zone Support

10/9/2012, 12:08 pm from James Hyerczyk in Investing, Commodities, Economy, International

By James Hyerczyk The lower-top, lower-bottom formation on the Weekly December Crude Oil chart defines clearly the downtrend. However, the market appears to be trying to establish support inside... Read >>

Oct 9: Q3 Begins With IMF Downgrade - Economic Highlights

10/9/2012, 9:52 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Economy

The downgrade of global economic growth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this morning provides a fitting backdrop for the start today of the third quarter earnings season. This raises... Read >>

Realty Income's Latest Acquisition A Departure From The Norm

10/8/2012, 9:40 am from SeekingAlpha in Investing, Economy

By Morningstar : By Todd Lukasik, CFA and Philip J. Martin Realty Income( O ) will acquire publicly traded American Realty Capital Trust( ARCT ) for $3 billion -- $1.9 billion of Realty... Read >>

Peace Pact Could Boost Philippines ETF

10/8/2012, 6:39 am from Benzinga in Investing, Economy, ETFs, International

Already up more than 34 percent year-to-date, a performance that ranks among the best for country-specific ETFs, the iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: EPHE ) could... Read >>

Oct 5: Unemployment Rate Drops Lower - Economic Highlights

10/5/2012, 10:50 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Economy

The September jobs report is the big news of the day, both for the markets as well as political partisans. From the market's perspective, the report is not materially different from what we have... Read >>

Weekly Review: Employment is Screwing Up the Economy

10/5/2012, 9:47 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy

Over last weekend Econintersect issued its October 2012 economic index.  The October index value had dropped precipitously - the largest one month drop since January 2009.  However... Read >>

Oil Markets Limp into Fourth Quarter

10/4/2012, 5:57 pm from Oilprice.com in Investing, Commodities, Economy, Futures

By Daniel J. Graeber OilPrice.com On-going concerns over the global economy helped push oil prices to recent lows, with U.S. and foreign futures down more than 2.5 percent in recent trading.... Read >>

The Real Debate: Is the Stock Market Due a Correction or Collapse?

10/4/2012, 3:15 pm from Martin Tillier in Investing, Economy, ETFs, Stocks

By Martin Tillier There is a huge, and important, debate going on in the U.S. right now. No, I am not talking about the series of talking point swapping sessions that Mitt Romney and Barak Obama... Read >>