Retail Sales and Jobless Claims Disappoint Hopes for a recovery in the U.S. economy are in question after retail sales fell unexpectedly in July, and jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week. To make matters worse, foreclosure filings jumped to a new record rate (up 7 percent in July) for the third time in five months [...]
Retail Sales Dip Unexpectedly – Yahoo Finance Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly – RealClearMarkets Foreclosures Set a Record High – Bloomberg Gold Gains as Dollar Declines – Bloomberg Dollar Down in Volatile Market – Wall Street Journal Fed Shows a Little Optimism – CNN Money A ‘Jobless’ and ‘Wageless’ Recovery? – Nouriel Roubini, Forbes An Anti-Greenspan [...]
The unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent in July, according to the Labor Department today. The report showed that the economy shed a less-than-expected 247,000 jobs in July, compared to the 443,000 loss in June. The fall in the unemployment rate (previously 9.5 percent) was unexpected and the stock market rallied at the open. Of [...]
GDP Contracts 1% in Q2 – Reuters Why Investors Should Ignore GDP – RealClearMarkets Government Revises GDP Growth for the Last 70 Years – Crossing Wall Street Cash for Clunkers Out of Cash – Wall Street Journal Government Adds $2B for Clunkers Plan – Bloomberg CFTC’s Gensler Determined to Act – Reuters U.S. Housing Turning [...]
GDP Has Fallen Four Straight Quarters The Commerce Department reported on Friday, July 31, that the U.S. economy contracted at a 1.0 percent annual rate in the second quarter. U.S. GDP, which measures total goods and services output within U.S. borders, has fallen for four straight quarters for the first time since government records started [...]
U.S. Stocks in Broad Rally – Wall Street Journal New Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 627k – RealClearMarkets Durable Goods Much Better Than Expected – Wachovia Gold Rises for Third Day – Bloomberg Wheat Falls to Eight-Week Low – Bloomberg U.S. Crisis is Like Japan’s, Only 7 Times Faster – Newsweek Regulatory Reform: A Primer [...]
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How Planetary Indicators Trigger Trading Signals Wednesday, April 16, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. CT Join Ted Phillips, founder of AstroAdvisor.com, for a look at how you might improve the timing on yoru intraday trading for the E-mini S&P 500 or other markets. Discover how you can use “time” for your trade entries and quit relying [...]
