23 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar bloc currencies in favor, G3 sidelined
Dollar bloc currencies in favor, G3 sidelined
Dollar-bloc currencies held onto gains as the market prepared for Japan’s installment of long-term economic policies.
23 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China’s Port-Ponzi-Probe Spreads To Entire Warehousing Sector
China’s Port-Ponzi-Probe Spreads To Entire Warehousing Sector
“The banks still haven’t looked under the hood,” warns one executive as the probe at Qingdao port (centering around the duplication of warehouse certificates in order to use a metal cargo multiple times to raise financing) begins to spread to the entire Chinese warehousing sector.
23 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Are EA’s "Battlefield" Problems a Concern For Investors?
Are EA’s "Battlefield" Problems a Concern For Investors?
EA now admits that “Battlefield 4” launched in an unacceptable state. Will improving the quality of its output propel the company in the right direction?
23 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why even a bull market isn’t cheering up Wall Street
Why even a bull market isn’t cheering up Wall Street
Brokers make money off of volume and traders make money off of volatility. If there’s little volume and little spread, there’s no money to be made. And right now volatility and volume are going in one direction.
23 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed gives ‘green light’ for Dow 18K: Siegel
Fed gives ‘green light’ for Dow 18K: Siegel
The Federal Reserve’s reluctance to hike interest rates any time soon is a signal to investors to keep buying stocks, Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel tells CNBC.
23 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Markets Forget The Weekend Is Over In Preparation For Turbo Tuesday
Markets Forget The Weekend Is Over In Preparation For Turbo Tuesday
Overnight exuberance on China PMI (which was entirely opposite China’s Beige Book results) sent stocks to record-er highs but Europe’s dismal PMIs corrected that into the US open. Better-than-expected US data (which under the surface looked anything but) did absolutely nothing to spur exuberance in stocks and aside from a little weakness early, it appeared stocks and bonds forgot the weekend was over as they traded in extremely narrow ranges all day. Trannies were weak (biggest drop in 10 days).