Current polls point to Hillary Clinton being sworn in as our next President of the United States on January 20th. As far as what that means for policy, Clinton is a typical left of center …
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Event: Cisco Systems reports fiscal Q3 results tomorrow after the close, the options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move which is a tad shy of the 4 qtr avg of about 5%. …
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The cable companies are getting hit today after President Obama released a statement calling for net neutrality. This Bloomberg article outlined the situation, with the following key excerpt: Obama asked for no blocking of websites, no …
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Stocks in all regions were broadly higher overnight, while commodities and bonds were generally under pressure. Strong U.S. close carried over to Asian equity markets – Japan and India led the way, up 1.5 and 2.5% …
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I am no economist, and certainly no expert on China, but the recent sprinkle of better than expected manufacturing data has caused many market participants to summarily dismiss the dreaded hard landing scenario for the planet’s second …
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Last week’s price action in the SPX , down about 1.8%, capping an almost 4.5% decline from the Aug 2nd all time high had the makings to the be the start of something real, despite …
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Although most attention tomorrow will be going towards President Obama’s speech on job creation in the evening, the market will be more focused during the day on any clues offered by ECB honcho Jean-Claude Trichet …
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