European stock futures declined as data showed Chinese manufacturing is shrinking and as investors awaited data that a contraction in euro-area industry is continuing. U.S. index futures and Asian ...
The Central Bank could shrink its bond-buying program in the US “in the next few meetings” according to Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments yesterday. This put pressure on Asian ...
After Ben Bernanke’s testimony sent stock indices to new intraday highs yesterday, his answers about plans to taper back QE spooked the stock market. The stock market was off to a bullish start...
Japanese Stocks reached new 5½-year highs after the Bank of Japan confirmed its decision to increase the amount of money it is putting in to the Japanese economy from JPY 60 to 70 trillion per ...
Stocks get a boost as speeches by FOMC members Bullard and Dudley signal that Federal Reserve is in no hurry to taper back quantitative easing. Stocks resumed their climb skyward at approximately ...
Another day of no economic data yesterday left the markets looking for cues. The Nikkei closed with a fractional gain of 0.13%, and the EURO STOXX 50 slipped a fractional 0.10%. So yesterday's focus ...
Charles Evans, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President, has given investors more cause for optimism with his latest comments. He said, “I’m optimistic that the labor market has been ...
The Yen corrected itself over night against all of the other 16 currencies it’s paired against. This comes after the economic Minister of Japan commented that it is strongly believed that that ...
Disappointing economic news from the Chicago Federal Reserve failed to prevent the major stock indices from reaching new record intraday highs. Unpleasant economic news failed to dampen investor ...
Stocks close at new record highs after Thompson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index reaches its highest level since 2007. Stocks finished the week Friday with a bang after the ...
