Daily Data Flow
Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Rise as Earnings Season Starts; Dollar Beats Euro on Fed Speculation; Nationwide Retail Sales Disappoint
The dollar climbed against both the euro and yen today, as traders said last week’s selloff was overdone.
Daily Data Flow: New S&P 500 High, Gold Falls, A Fed President Calls for Tapering
New High for Standard and Poor 500 (Bloomberg) Financial stocks pushed the S&P 500 to a new record Friday, as the day’s bank earnings surprised market analysts. This market index has risen from its June 24 low through strength in the housing market and confidence in continuing quantitative easing. Economic data has largely quelled fears of […]
Daily Data Flow: Record Day for Market Indices; Price of Gasoline to Spike; Dollar Falls on Fed’s QE Plans
Rising oil prices and peak driving season are expected to cause gasoline prices to jump up to 10 to 20 cents per gallon in the next few days.
Daily Data Flow: Stock Market Rally Grinds to a Halt after Fed Minutes; U.S. Dollar Falls Against Euro; Ben Bernanke States Fed’s Goal
Several days of strong growth ended Wednesday when the Standard & Poor 500 Index rose less than 0.1%. The transcript of the Fed’s late June meeting was released in Washington today with language that concerned investors.
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise as Investor Optimism Increases; Dollar Rises Against Euro; Housing Market Rejuvenates
Confident that companies will report better growth in the second quarter of 2013, investors propelled another rise in the stock market on Tuesday.
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise Before Earnings Season; Dollar Falls on Three-Year High; Unemployment Rate May Be Worse Than It Appears
Stocks rose today, netting the S&P 500 its third straight day of gains, as investors waited for Alcoa Inc. (AA) to kick off earnings season.