26 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Microsoft earnings in line, shares drop 2%
Microsoft earnings in line, shares drop 2%
Microsoft reported quarterly earnings that met analysts’ expectations on Monday.
26 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Acropolis Now: Currencies & Crude Tumble But Stocks Levitate On Massive Short Squeeze
Acropolis Now: Currencies & Crude Tumble But Stocks Levitate On Massive Short Squeeze
Turmoiling markets… We love the smell of volatility in the morning…
Ari seems to sum up how the Greeks feel about Troika (and perhaps how the Germans feel about the Greeks)
26 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Capitol Report: Firms behind high-frequency trading lobby prominent in Barclays complaint
Capitol Report: Firms behind high-frequency trading lobby prominent in Barclays complaint
Member organizations of Modern Markets Initiative, which supports high-frequency trading, were named in the New York Attorney General’s complaint about Barclays’ dark pool.
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26 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on CBO sees deficit dipping to lowest level of Obama’s presidency
CBO sees deficit dipping to lowest level of Obama’s presidency
The CBO said the U.S. federal budget deficit will likely narrow this year to the lowest level since Barack Obama took office. The non-partisan agency also forecast ‘solid’ economic growth in coming years.
26 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ruble tumbles after S&P cuts Russia’s credit rating to junk
Ruble tumbles after S&P cuts Russia’s credit rating to junk
The Russian ruble dropped more than 5% against the U.S. dollar after Standard & Poor’s became the first major ratings firm to chop the embattled country’s credit rating to junk territory.
26 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Blodget: Why I’m selling my Apple shares
Blodget: Why I’m selling my Apple shares
Big iPhone 6 sales and growing sales in China are expected to give Apple one of its strongest quarters to date. Henry Blodget is worried about Apple growth.
26 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Spot The Uber Arbitrage
Spot The Uber Arbitrage
Any time there is an “atmospheric anomaly”, one of the favorite pastimes of the otherwise bored punditry is to observe just how much Uber’s surge pricing will soar at any given time and place, and to respond with howls of indignation at the intersection of the supply and demand curves. Well, during today’s “Blizzard of 2015”, Uber’s “unfair” surge pricing model will be very much impaired in the city whose mayor some say is a “radical leftist” on par with Greece’s Tsipras.