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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
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| Markets | yesterday | today | |||||
| metals | Gold continuing up to $1,245.85 & silver to $17.37 | Futures @ 3 hrs. before opening +0.38% | |||||
| stocks | (from here) Nasdaq jumped nearly 1.4% on the fourth day of its rally attempt. Normally, that would be a strong enough gain to qualify as a follow-through day, but NYSE and Nasdaq volumes were well below Friday's levels. | Futures +0.07% | |||||
Only big report today is Existing Home Sales.
Brighter China data fails to lift stocks, dollar sags Reuters - 10 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) - A two-day rebound in global shares slowed and the dollar edged lower on Tuesday, as slightly above forecast Chinese growth data failed to erase concerns that the world's second-biggest economy is losing momentum.Gold Goes Up As U.S. Dollar Falls Down Gold futures rose as the U.S. Last week’s stock market turmoil was a boon for gold prices. Gold and stocks tend to move in opposite directions as the precious metal is seen as a store of value and a hedge against economic turbulence, while equities tend to benefit from U.S. Barrons.com