Thursday, October 23, 2014 |
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yesterday |
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today |
| metals | Rally faltering w/ gold at $1,244.40 & silver at $17.05 | Futures @ 3 hrs. before opening -0.45% | ||
| stocks | Early profit taking in lower volume; "Contrary to what the pessimists may have expected (or even wanted), the prior two sessions reflected more of a "two steps forward, one step back" cadence. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.8%, the S&P 500 0.7% ... " (from here) | Futures +0.56% | ||
Today's econ reports:
Initial Claims
Continuing Claims
FHFA Housing Price Index
Leading Indicators
Natural Gas Inventories
- Bond funds stock up on Treasuries in prep for market shock
- U.S. housing policy: The definition of insanity
- 5 Social Security changes coming in 2015
- Manufacturing moving from China to US: survey Large manufacturers are increasingly moving production back to the United States from China, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group released Thursday. In the third annual survey of US-based senior executives at manufacturing companies with annual sales of at least $1 billion, the… AFP
- What to Think When Platinum Prices Go Lower Than Gold Platinum is generally supposed to be worth more than gold per ounce. After all, it is more rare and considered more precious. 24/7 Wall St.
- Is the Census Bureau Manipulating Economic Data? - John Crudele, NYP
- Political Entrepreneurs Pushing Out Entrepeneurs - Wayne Brough, RCM
- The Best Day to Buy Airline Tickets - Scott McCartney, Wall Street Journal