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Stock Rally Adds Another Percent while Metals Fade: Week Ahead Worries-- Investor Thread Feb. 22
Weekly investment & finance thread ^
| February 22, 2015
| Freeper Investors
Posted on 02/22/2015 8:34:45 AM PST by expat_panama
Next week will be a busy week on Wall Street with a raft of big earnings reports including Target (TGT), Macys (M), Home Depot (HD) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to name just a few. Investors will also have a lot of economic data and geopolitics to digest this coming week and in the weeks that follow. The Commerce Department will release the latest reading on third quarter Gross Domestic Product. Yahoo Finances Rick Newman thinks investors will be watching that report closely, as well as the situation in Greece. Newman predicts Greece will finally cave in its standoff with its European underwriters over the terms of its debt deal. I think next week is going to be the week that Greece blinks, says Newman. He believes Greek officials will finally say OK, we have to go along with the bailout terms. And Newman believes that will lead to a pop in European stocks. Yahoo Finances Aaron Task is looking to our nations capital and a couple of looming deadlines as the next potential trouble spots that could rankle financial markets. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security will run out at the end of February unless Congress can come to an agreement to extend funding. Task believes this is just the first in a series of contentious debates... [snip] ...The Treasury secretary can use a number of gimmicks to postpone the day of reckoning, and experts think such gimmicks can carry us through September or October. Then well witness a serious confrontation of the sort weve seen beforea game of fiscal chicken between Congress and the White House. If Blinder is right and the United States does breach the debt ceiling, Task believes that will set off all kinds of fireworks in the financial markets.
The recent drop in oil prices has created a situation that is very complex for investors. Oil has become cheap again and the stocks tracking the oil and gas sector have tanked to the point that at least ... |
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Females typically save 8.3% of their income, while men only save 7.9%, Fidelity found after looking at over 12 million retirement accounts and adjusting for certain pay disparities between men and women. That may not sound like a big difference, but it adds up over time. Consider that the median household income in the U.S. is around $50,000. If you apply those savings rates to the median income, women save about $200 more a year. So if their returns are about the same, women would end up with more. ..[snip] After tight trading, volatility set to return to stocks By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a holiday-shortened trading week that pinned stocks in a tight trading range, equities are poised for a bout of renewed volatility as investors watch the economy and the Federal Reserve for signs of policy changes and economic strength. Through Thursday's close, the S&P 500 was held to its narrowest trading week since Thanksgiving as investors dealt with uncertainty regarding a forward path for the economy and a deal for Greek debt. Late on Friday, the European Union agreed to a four-month extension for Greece, and a late rally pushed the S&P 500 above technical resistance level of 2,100 after several failed attempts earlier in the week. The index was up modestly for the week, building on a 5-percent gain over the prior two weeks. "The market has done quite well this week holding things together," said Frank Cappelleri, technical market analyst and trader at ...
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--and not only has all this been written by experts, but everything here's been posted on the internet so we can to believe every single word. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; financial; stockmarket; wallstreet
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To: Aquamarine
Let me know what you find out. I’m interested too.
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posted on
02/25/2015 5:01:18 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: All
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posted on
02/25/2015 5:41:00 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Thanks that sounds like the Visa program, I’ve been invited to use.
63
posted on
02/25/2015 5:47:16 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Well, I’ll be damned.
I missed one.
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6. If you foster a pet from a nonprofit charitable organization, can you claim a tax deduction?
A) Yes, but you can only write off certain items like food, shelter and medical expenses.
B) Yes, you can write off all expenses.
C) No, you cant write this off.
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posted on
02/25/2015 5:48:46 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
To: Repeal The 17th
Same one I missed. Who knew? I may open a dog kennel.
65
posted on
02/25/2015 5:54:20 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Wyatt's Torch
Very interesting post. Brings up a question:
Which companies on the right column had secret blessings from NSA/CIA/FBI for certain favors given by those companies?
Which companies said no to the 3 letter agencies?
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posted on
02/25/2015 5:57:38 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
To: Wyatt's Torch
Very interesting post. Brings up a question:
Which companies on the right column had secret blessings from NSA/CIA/FBI for certain favors given by those companies?
Which companies said no to the 3 letter agencies?
67
posted on
02/25/2015 6:46:46 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
To: Grampa Dave
companies on the right column had secret blessingsIt's true that Apple, Facebook, and Google are a bunch of loopy leftwingers but while I don't want to ignore the power of Central Command let's not forget that supply and demand wins every time. Businesses get big when they meet a need, not because they know the right people.
To: 1010RD; A Cyrenian; abb; Abigail Adams; abigail2; AK_47_7.62x39; Aliska; aposiopetic; Aquamarine; ..
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Still holding to prices going back to November's bases --> $1,204.15 and $16.57 |
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now @ $1,220.50 & $16.92; futures very strong +1.67% |
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stocks |
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Off slightly in mixed volume; NASDAQ ending its streak; IBD: "Market Takes Breather" |
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futures now trading up just barely --> +0.13% |
While yesterday's econ reports were mixed/tepid, today we'll be slammed w/ both claims day and CPI:
Initial Claims
Continuing Claims
CPI
Core CPI
Durable Orders
Durable Goods -ex transportation
FHFA Housing Price Index
Natural Gas Inventories
Forget the press, the FR has it all here:
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Ike was scared of the “military/industrial complex.” He should have been afraid of the bureaucrats who create problems and the private companies who then get paid the tribute to fix them.
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posted on
02/26/2015 4:00:43 AM PST
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: abb
I always see the part about the military/industrial complex highlighted but he also had something else to say that nobody talks about much.
“We . . . must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.”
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posted on
02/26/2015 4:08:11 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Over the past 5 years as a citizen journalist for my own newsblog, I’ve had occasion to spend more time in courtrooms than the rest of my 65 years put together.
It’s been quite a lesson. Everyone should go and see for themselves.
Judges, lawyers, probation officers, clerks, deputies, investigators - dozens in court every day. It’s quite a revolving door that feeds off lawbreaking, alleged and real.
A judicial version of the “military industrial complex.”
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posted on
02/26/2015 4:15:35 AM PST
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: abb
And you have the “Environmental Industrial Complex” also. AKA Lawyers full employment at the taxpayers expense.
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posted on
02/26/2015 4:30:34 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Checked into Visa Checkout at Visa.com and they only have a few select retailers that are participating so far. None on the list were stores that I normally shop at so won't be signing up for Visa Checkout at this time. The site said they will be adding new stores in the future so will check back on it one day.
List of participating retailers
To: Aquamarine
Thanks. Not much there that I’m interested in either.
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posted on
02/26/2015 11:53:30 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: 1010RD; A Cyrenian; abb; Abigail Adams; abigail2; AK_47_7.62x39; Aliska; aposiopetic; Aquamarine; ..
Right now futures are going with metals -0.41% and stock indexes -0.14% --this after yesterday's mixed results in mixed volume all around. After yesterday's deflation announcement we'll get these today:
GDP - Second Estimate
GDP Deflator - Second Estimate
Chicago PMI
Michigan Sentiment - Final
Pending Home Sales
Pending Home Sales
To: expat_panama
FactSet Consensus Estimates:
GDP - +2.1%
GDP Deflator - UNCH
PMI - 58.2
Michigan - 94.0
To: expat_panama
GDP +2.2% but Personal Consumption revised lower.
To: abb
Excellent and true. They’ll fleece any way they can. It’s a hidden tax on life and living.
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:00:09 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Wyatt's Torch
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