The Traderszone Network

Money managers get paid to worry about what might go wrong, yet even by that standard, some of the world’s most successful financial pros seem surprisingly anxious.

Investors will scrutinize US growth as the initial read on the first-quarter GDP comes ahead of a meeting statement from a ‘data-dependent’ Fed.

Everything that has happened since 2007, every Central Bank move, ever major political decision regarding the big banks, every trend, have all been focused solely on one issue.

That issue is collateral.

What is collateral?

Collateral is an underlying asset that is pledged when a party enters into a financial arrangement.  It is essentially a promise that should things go awry, you have some “thing” that is of value, which the other party can get access to in order to compensate them for their losses.

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China’s central bank is readying its most aggressive easing tool since 2008 in a bid to help one of the government’s most important economic-rescue initiatives get off the ground.
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The stock market fought back from early weakness Tuesday, but many leading stocks weren’t so fortunate. The Nasdaq was down more than 1%, then quickly bounced back as it became clear that a merchant ship seized by Iran did not have Americans on board. The composite closed with a loss of 0.1%. Interestingly, it found support near the 5,000 level. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3%, also closing near session highs.

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The fast-casual restaurant chain saw another drop in earnings but is working on its turnaround strategy.

Twitter’s surprise early release of its first-quarter earnings doesn’t hold any good surprises for investors, and its results — plus a disappointing outlook — will likely further pressure the company and its Chief Executive Dick Costolo
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