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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The S&P 500 fell after a spate of negative surprises in economic reports was balanced against expectations that the Federal Reserve will not be winding down its asset purchases in the near future. The latest employment numbers pointed to a slowdown in the economy with payroll processor ADP reporting that the private sector added 119,000 jobs in April vs. a downwardly-revised 131,000 in March. The number was below the consensus estimate of 150,000, according to Thomson Reuters. Similarly, the ISM Manufacturing Index dipped to 50.7 in April from 51.3 in March, falling further than the 50.9...

Despite the current stock market rally, legendary investor Jim Rogers say the U.S economy is poised for a major crash and is warning investors to protect themselves immediately. In a riveting interview on Fox Business, Rogers warned Americans not to trust any of the positive economic news coming from world governments. "I don't trust the data from any government, including the U.S., Rogers said. "We know that governments lie to us. Everybody's printing money, but it cannot go on. This is all artificial." Rogers, who for years has been an outspoken critic of the Feds policies of "Quantitative Easing" says...

Dow Futures Live As on 28-Dec-2012 18:15:18 EDT 12,777 -226.00 -1.77%

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Earlier we joked that some people thought today's rally was the result of the election outcome in Wisconsin last night. Well, serious people think so too. James Grant, of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, was just on CNBC, and this is what he told Maria Bartiromo: "...Today i think part of the source of the levitation was the Scott Walker triumph in Wisconsin." He explained: "People maybe are discounting the prospects of a return to something like freer if not free markets come the Fall if Romney or GOP decisively wins." Grant also said he expects a third round of quantitative...

The DJIA is off over 100 points, 136 points, to 12,686. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 are off by similar percentages. The carnage is particularly severe in a few sectors. News that JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) fired its chief investment officer reminded investors of how badly risk is managed at large banks. JPM has taken a $2 billion write-off its London traders took. JPM is down 2.81% to $35.90.Back of America (NYSE: BAC) is down 2% on similar sentiment about risk to $7.39, and Citigroup (NYSE: C) is down 2%. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is down 3.4%. Its debt will...

Unique may be the most over-used and misused word in the English language. Something that is unique is just that -- the only one. Unique cannot be used with a modifier. An object or person may be quite extraordinary or exquisitely rare. But to hear or read something or someone described as "very unique" sets my teeth on edge more than any fingernails on a blackboard. Apple (AAPL), however, does deserve to be described as unique. No other company could nearly double its earnings from a year ago and still be constrained by its capacity to satisfy demand for its...

STOCKS TANK IN FINAL MINUTES OF THE DAY: Here's What You Need To Know Sam Ro Oct. 7, 2011, 4:00 PM More signs that the U.S. economy is not as bad as everyone thought. But, big downgrades in Europe bring us back to reality. First, the scoreboard: Dow: -18 S&P 500: -10 NASDAQ: -27 And now, the top stories: * The highly-anticipated September jobs data came out with a bang. U.S. companies added 103k non-farm payrolls. Economists expected just 60k. The July and August figures were both revised upwards. However, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.1%, which wasn't a...

Stocks saw its biggest one-day gain since May 2010 Tuesday after a wild session as investors snapped up beaten-down stocks and following a Fed statement to keep interest rates near zero for at least two more years.

he Dow fell more than 600 points Monday, and had one of its largest plunges immediately following President Obama’s speech in the afternoon regarding the downgrade on U.S. debt. In his first public statement following the S&P downgrade, President Obama attempted to encourage Americans that markets still regard the U.S. government debt as being the highest possible grade. President Obama said, "Markets will rise and fall. But this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a triple-A country." Obama said he hoped the downgrade would give U.S....

Investors spooked by both the downgrade of the U.S. debt late Friday and the direction of the economy continued to sell stocks Monday, sending market indexes down 5% to 6%. The Dow Jones industrial average fell by more than 600 points, dropping below 11,000 for the first time since November. The Dow fell more than 633 points, to 10,810.83. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was off 6.66%, closing at 1,119.46, and the Nasdaq Composite index fell by 6.9%, closing down nearly 175 points at 2,357.69. Another down day on Wall Street followed declines in overseas markets earlier in the...

People have been speculating about the prospects for QE3 since before QE2 even got off the ground. And with the recovery sputtering and stocks plummeting, the drumbeat has gotten even louder. It helps that Jackson Hole -- the conference where Bernanke announced his plans last year -- is right around the corner. And now the talk begins for real. WSJ's crack Fed Report Jon Hilsenrath interviews some former Fed officials (Donald Kohn, Vincent Reinhart and Brian Madigan) and finds growing support for QE3 IF inflation comes down. And inflation seems to be plummeting everywhere (oil is below $92, all the...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks plunged on Tuesday as fears about a weak U.S. economy were enflamed after investors got another disappointing economic report - this time on consumer spending. The selloff was so broad and so deep it pushed the S&P 500 into negative territory for the year and bond yields to their lowest levels in nine months.

Worries about the U.S. economy pushed stocks to the longest losing streak in nearly three years, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to a 2011 closing low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 265.87 points, or 2.2%, to 11866.62, on Tuesday. The blue-chip index's eighth consecutive decline marks its longest losing streak since October 2008. It has lost 6.7% during the skid, dating back to July 22. This is only the sixth time the Dow has dropped eight straight days in more than 30 years.

Stocks sold off sharply to end at session lows Tuesday with the Dow down for an eighth straight day amid worries over an economic growth slowdown even after President Obama signed a bill to avoid a debt default.

The Dow closed below 10,000 on Thursday for the first time since early July a day ahead of an expected downward revision in U.S. second-quarter economic growth and a major speech by the Federal Reserve chairman. According to the latest available figures, the Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI - News) dropped 74.25 points, or 0.74 percent, to 9,985.81. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (^SPX - News) lost 8.09 points, or 0.77 percent, to 1,047.24. The Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) fell 22.85 points, or 1.07 percent, to 2,118.69. The last time the Dow finished below 10,000 was July...

A jagged July ends positive, and two battered bulls feel vindicated. First, a proprietary word: The Hulbert Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index (HSNSI) -- which the reflects the average equity exposure among a subset of the short-term market timing newsletters tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest -- stood on Friday night at 35%, down from 47.5% on Thursday. Earlier this month, Mark Hulbert argued that the HSNSI's relative slow response to the market rebound off its July 2 low was bullish from a contrary point of view. Stocks are indeed slightly higher now, but so is the HSNSI. Mark Hulbert regards...

Stocks Post HUGE Surge: Here's What You Need To Know Joe Weisenthal Jun. 2, 2010, 4:00 PM Finally, the bulls didn't blow it in the final moments of the day, as major markets ended near their highs. But first, the scoreboard: Dow: +225 (+2.25%) S&P 500: +27 (+2.6%) NASDAQ: +58 (+2.6%) And now, the day's key stories: * The stock market rally was in itself a big story. Yesterday's collapse was deeply unnerving to the market, and the resignation of the Japanese Prime Minister appeared set to further the global nervousness. That the bulls didn't blow it is huge. Big...