Posted on 10/28/2013 3:38:19 AM PDT by expat_panama
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Neat! We're starting the new week w/ stock futures up beat after last Friday's modest gains (Nasdaq and the S&P 500 tacked on 0.4%, while the IBD 50 retreated 0.5%. Volume rose on the Nasdaq and fell on the NYSE --investors.com). Today's news:
Could you please choose a specific keyword so we can create a custom sidebar entry?
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“Federal employees will get paid just once—not twice— for not working.”
How can we be so heartless? Haven’t these people suffered enough?
“financial” WallStreet” “stockmarket” or “Ilostallmyretirement” ?
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You’re on, welcome aboard!
Seriously (and for everyone here under 70) I’m getting into something here that nobody here’s ever told me about. So now the secret’s out, what do I do, when I do my next Monday post I just paste the same keywords “financial” WallStreet” “stockmarket” without changing ‘em the next week?
I’m under 70 but I’m clueless too. ;^)
Mixed/flat yesterday, mixed/flat again this morning. How do porcupines make love? Very carefully...
Indexes Mixed As Earnings Dominate Moves 10/28/2013 06:57 PM ET - The stock market closed narrowly mixed Monday, still flagging a bit following its run-up earlier this month. The Nasdaq eased 0.1% while the S&P 500 rose 0.1%. Volume rose on the NYSE and fell on the Nasdaq. It was a seesaw day for the market, all the while trading within a narrow price band. Sellers swept in the final hour, but ...[snip]Uninsured Americans who fail to obtain health coverage because of technical troubles now have until March 31 to sign up, White House officials said Monday night.Stocks Finish Little ChangedWall Street Journal - 4:17amThe Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1.35 points, or less than 0.1%, to 15568.93. The Dow erased gains of as much as 28.81 points in the final hour of trading.Dollar index climbs as Fed meeting looms; Aussie fallsReuters - 8 hours agoBy Anirban Nag. LONDON | Tue Oct 29, 2013 4:46am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Tuesday as some investors trimmed bets against it having already factored in expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep ...
Now that I think of it I am too. Both. What I was thinking is that most folks wud have to be over 70 to remember Ralph Cramden and "hardy har har"..
I believe the Yanks call this "jawboning the currency". in short, and facts aside, be careful through the end of the year with holding a long position in Aussie.
huh, beginning to understand why currency traders like what they do because what you’re saying is that the trader works with reality while the ccy is based on politics.
That match is always an easy one to take on. Just ask Soros...
You do SUCH A nice job on this thread, EP! Thanks! :)
One of these days, Alice, one of these days, POW, right in the kisser!
always a pleasure working with good friends ;)
I bought fxa a week ago and am now under water. Shoulda had more patience I guess. From what you’re saying, maybe the thing to do is sit on the sidelines until after Christmas.
See what the Fed says/does this week...
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