December 1, 2011 by CC • Commentary

WSJ Market tone: Stocks called slightly weaker on disappointing China data; euro higher against the dollar; Treasurys higher; Nymex crude up at $100.62; gold up $6 at $1,752.05. Overnight action: Asian manufacturing weakens; UBS shuffles …

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October 14, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Tomorrow’s Tape (WSJ) Economics: 8:30 a.m. ET: Retail sales data for September are due. Economists think the life’s blood of our economy rose 0.5%, after being UNCH in August. 8:30 a.m.: We also get import …

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September 14, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Tomorrow’s Tape: Information Overload Economics: 8:30 a.m. ET: The weekly jobless claims charade happens. Economists expect claims of about 400,000. They come in a little higher than that, and the prior week’s claims are revised …

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August 17, 2011 by CC • Commentary

WSJ Economics: 7:00 a.m. ET: MBA mortgage-applications data. Are low rates causing a stampede to the mortgage broker’s office? 8:30 a.m.: PPI for July. Economists think wholesale prices were UNCH after falling 0.4% in June. …

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August 5, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

The S&P 500 futures are up 75bps as of 9 am, and more importantly up ~3% from their overnight lows…..Most European indices have rebounded off of their worst levels with the DAX still down 1% …

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May 23, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Futures: S&P 500 1,316.70 -11.10 NASDAQ 100 2,321.75 -21.75 DJIA INDEX 12,359.00 -107.00   Business Insider Good morning! Happy Monday! Everything’s getting clobbered right now following a week of turmoil on Wall Street and more …

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