]> http://www.stocksblogg.com Stock Market News en http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23029 <p>The market will be watching for weekly inventory data from the U.S. energy department due later on Wednesday, which are forecast to show a jump in stockpiles, and U.S. December employment data, to be released on Friday.</p><p>"The EIA weekly inventory numbers and the U.S. unemployment data will be key for near-term price direction," said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch & Associates.</... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:20:01 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23028 <p> A measure of the U.S. services sector improved slightly in December, beating analysts' estimates, but pending home sales and factory orders both fell more than expected and the overall economic outlook remains grim.</p><p>In a reading bolstered by improvements in new orders and employment, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday that its services sector index rose to 40.6 in December... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:20:02 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23027 <p> Bhushan Valder (name changed), who handles equity sales at adomestic brokerage house, is forthright in admitting that his generation hadbegun to take things for granted. “From the time I joined this profession,I had been seeing the market only go up. So much so, that I had begun to doubtmany of the theories I had learnt at B-school,” hesays.</p><p>“For instance, I thought business cycles... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:20:01 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23026 <p>, , ) rose 0.6% after analyst David Wong upgraded the sector to overweight from market weight, saying the industry may be poised for a rebound. "As more data becomes available, allowing us to quantify the impact of the current downturn on various technology segments, we grow more hopeful that an inflection point in fundamentals may be relatively close, a few months away," Wong said in a researc... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:20:02 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23025 <p>Traders react as they eye financial charts and data on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Jan. 2, 2009. Wall Street began the new year optimistically Friday as investors brushed off a weaker-than-expected report on manufacturing and sent stocks higher. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews) By JOE BEL BRUNO</p><p>NEW YORK -- Wall Street will open for trading Monday at a two-month high as inv... Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:20:03 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23024 <p>RSS feed from icelandreview.com Subscribe to daily news email service January 04 Learn to Drive Racing towards the crossing, we pick up speed, then run a red light. The brakes screech. Passengers swing back in their seats as the bus grinds to a halt. more December 22 Night and Winter Landscapes Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of night and winter landscapes by contributing pho... Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:20:04 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23023 <p>Of the popular message boards, Investor Village&#39;s Precious Metals board covers gold better than any other I am aware of (leave me a comment if you know any better or as good).</p><p>They recently kicked off a stock picking contest where everyone picked three stocks (of various market capitalizations). You can see the picks, by contestant, and their year-to-date progress here .</p><p>Here&#3... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:20:03 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23022 <p>Fireworks, guns illegal in city Would you put on the front page that fireworks and guns are illegal in city limits? Fourth of July and the first of the year, we get bombarded with guns and fireworks. Houses are in danger, police are called and firetrucks are running up and down the streets. It should be advertised that it's illegal to have fireworks in the city.</p><p>Be careful with fireworks... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:20:01 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23021 <p>Home :: Business /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090102/BIZ/701029928/-1/PRINTINDEX </p><p>The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said today its manufacturing index fell to 32.4 in December from 36.2 in November. Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected the reading to fall to 35.5.</p><p>Component readings of the index hit historic lows... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:20:02 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23020 <p>Sensex saw the biggest bear market ever in the history of the entire world. The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index shed more than half its value in 2008, its worst performance ever.</p><p>The index fell 52.5 per cent, or 10,640 points, as foreign funds dumped emerging-market assets, including Indian equities.</p><p>FII outflows may accelerate in the first two quarters of 2009 as Indian stock... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:20:01 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23019 <p>BEIJING (AP) - China and the United States should take their cooperation to new levels to tackle the ongoing global financial crisis, state media said Thursday, the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two sides.</p><p>Because they are the world's major economic players, they cannot escape being hit by the meltdown and should work</p><p>together, the official Xinhua News Agency... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:20:02 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23018 <p>Summary Local Indices World Markets Splits Currency Wealthmeter My Portfolio</p><p>LONDON -- European stock markets opened higher Wednesday following Wall Street's rally in the previous session but were on course to end 2008 sharply lower following unprecedented turmoil in the financial markets over the last 12 months.</p><p>In very modest New Year's Eve trade, the FTSE 100 index of leading B... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:20:02 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23017 <p>BANGKOK, Thailand &#x2014; Most world stock markets rose Tuesday as Middle East tensions boosted energy stocks and the Nikkei eked out a modest gain in the last session of a year that was the worst on record for Japanese stocks.</p><p>Oil prices hovered near $40 a barrel as Israel showed no sign of relenting in its offensive against Hamas strongholds in Gaza, raising the political temperature i... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:20:01 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23016 <p>NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has ended an erratic session with a moderate loss as continuing violence in the Middle East reminded investors that the market could face problems beyond the recession. The collapse of a Dow Chemical Co. joint venture, meanwhile, intensified Wall Street's economic worries.</p><p>Investors remained cautious in a holiday-shortened week, unwilling to make many big bets... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:20:02 -0600 http://www.stocksblogg.com/node/23015 <p>Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=4579</p><p>We maintain our Hold rating for (NYSE: TEF), the largest telecommunications company in Spain and Latin America. The company’s latest quarterly performance reflected modest revenue improvement with lower contributions from domestic and European regions, offse... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:20:02 -0600