16 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Market Indexes Rally Ahead Of Fed Statement
Market Indexes Rally Ahead Of Fed Statement
Stocks shrugged off early weakness and extended their gains through the session to close near session highs ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve statement. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 each closed up nearly 0.8%, while the Dow industrials, which hit a new intraday high during the session, rose 0.6%. Volume swelled on the NYSE but eased on the Nasdaq, according to preliminary data.
16 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 4 C’s That Could Change The Financial World As We Know It, Again
4 C’s That Could Change The Financial World As We Know It, Again
Submitted by Mark St. Cyr
4 C’s That Could Change The Financial World As We Know It, Again
Those 4 C’s are: Confirmation, Crisis, Contagion, Catastrophe.
What type of confirmation could send the financial markets into such turmoil it could rock the very bastions of finance as we now know it?
16 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed hopes ignite rally on Wall Street
Fed hopes ignite rally on Wall Street
U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday as traders bet the Fed will keep its foot firmly on the economic accelerator.
16 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How to see through opaque health care costs
How to see through opaque health care costs
For people with high-deductible health plans, it makes sense to shop around to find the most affordable health care. But it can be next to impossible to comparison shop.
16 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Roller-coaster debate over new Fed tool may get resolved this week
Roller-coaster debate over new Fed tool may get resolved this week
Federal Reserve officials will rewrite their strategy for normalizing monetary policy this week given signs that a roller-coaster debate over a new tool for controlling interest rates is nearing its resolution. Many Fed officials, economists and financial market participants once believed the so-called overnight reverse repurchase facility, which has been tested for a year, would become the main lever for steering interest rates and play a central role in a new monetary policy framework.
16 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on S&P 500 powers on in a market without big pullback
S&P 500 powers on in a market without big pullback
It is true that the broad S&P 500 has not gone through a by-the-book 10 percent decline since October of 2011. “One of the things that has kept the rally going is that it has had rolling corrections along the way,” said Jim Paulsen, chief investment officer at Wells Capital Management in Minneapolis. In fact, the bond market looks pricier – so investors that in the past would have switched to fixed-income are instead shifting funds around among equity-market sectors.
16 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Anheuser-Busch lashes out at NFL over incidents
Anheuser-Busch lashes out at NFL over incidents
Major sports sponsor Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday roundly criticized the National Football League over a series of recent off-field scandals.