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Citigroup Earnings: Lower Loan Loss Provisions a Good Sign?

Oct 16, 2009
Citigroup socked away less cash to cover loan losses than analyst expected last quarter. But why? Normally such a decision can be interpreted as a sign of improving credit...

Citigroup Shares: Hey, Where’d All The Volume Go?

Oct 9, 2009
Remember when Citigroup was racking up billion-plus volume days on the regular? Well, trading has quieted down a lot. In August, the average daily NYSE Composite volume for Citigroup averaged...

As Gold Briefly Touches $1,060, a Moment of Reflection

Oct 8, 2009
Gold stretched higher early Thursday afternoon, with futures prices briefly touching $1,060 an ounce. The conventional wisdom on Wall Street is that gold’s run higher is fueled by some...

September Jobs Report: Why The Tape Doesn’t Like It

Oct 2, 2009
The September jobs report isn’t pleasing the stock market. S&P futures saw a steep fall following the 8:30 a.m. release. The Journal reports: Nonfarm payrolls declined by 263,000 in September,...

Goldman Cuts Forecast for Payrolls Report, Stocks Dive to Close

Oct 1, 2009
Near as we can tell, the late day sell-off started gaining steam after Goldman Sachs issued a somewhat gloomy note cutting its outlook for tomorrow’s all-important payrolls report. Here’s...

Data Points: U.S. Markets

Nov 20, 2009
Dow Industrials, up 47.69 points this week, or 0.46% to 10318.16 Today, it fell 14.28 points, or 0.14% Up for the third week in a row. Longest weekly winning streak since the four week ended August 7. Up 6.23% over the three week...

Data Points: Energy & Metals

Nov 20, 2009
Nymex crude for December delivery gained 37 cents per barrel, or 0.48%, this week, to $76.72. Today, it is down $0.74 or 0.96%. Up two of the last three weeks. Comex gold for November delivery gained $30.30 a troy ounce this week, or...

Consumer, Housing Data Key For Next Week

Nov 20, 2009
Next week’s calendar is ablaze with data, despite the Thanksgiving holiday. The reports that have the biggest potential to move markets probably will be the multi-readings on housing and on consumer attitudes.   The boost from the federal tax credit...

Obama’s Asia Trip: What’s the Bond Market’s Verdict?

Nov 20, 2009
One of President Obama’s most-important jobs during his recent jaunt to China was convincing officials to continue to plow their money into Uncle Sam by buying government-backed debt. Was he a success? The yields of longer-dated Treasurys might be the...

Rosenberg on Strangeness of the Dollar/Everything Correlation

Nov 20, 2009
We’ve all gotten so used to the clockwork impact that the movement of the U.S. dollar has on everything lately. But here are some interesting factoids from Gluskin Sheff’s David Rosenberg, via a rather swell post over at Pazzomundo.com. The U.S....


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