Stocks started September with a bang as investors cheered a rare dose of good economic news but investors may need to buckle in for the coming week: It’s a holiday-shortened week with little on the docket to set the tone.
Tagged a-rare-dose, coming, coming-week, docket, investors-cheered, investors-may, little-on-the, the-docket, toneA new national poll released Sunday indicates that eight in 10 Americans say that the economy is in poor shape, and the number that say conditions are very poor is on the upswing after steady declines through the spring.
Tagged after-steady, and-the, are-very, economy, new-national, number, poll-released, poor-shape, say-conditions, spring, the-economy, the-spring, the-upswing, through-the-spring, upswingAs better-than-expected economic data boosted investor morale this week, the greenback lost some of its luster, falling against a basket of currencies.
Tagged a-boosted-investor, boosted-investor, economic-data-, falling-against, greenback, its-luster, lost-some, the-greenback-, weekStocks pared earlier gains in Friday’s pre-holiday session as investors welcomed a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.
Tagged friday, investors-welcomed, job-market, pared-earlier, report-on-the, session-as-investorsHyundai-Kia Motors is recalling more than 35,000 cars with fire-prone electrical wiring systems, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Tagged electrical-wiring, motors, national, national-highway, recalling-more, said-the, said-the-national, traffic, traffic-safety, with-fire-proneA few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I’m a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers that posed the question, “Should U.S. Government Debt Be Rated Junk Status?” Given that debt issued by the U.S. government continues to trade at almost all-time lows in yield, this is a contrarian call to say the least.
Tagged almost-all-time, conference-call, contrarian-call, for-our, hedgeye, investment, least, rated-junk, research-firm, the-investment, the-questionQuestion: I have a budget of $10,000 for a stock simulation I’m doing for a business and personal-finance class. What stocks should I invest in to make the most money in four months? — Matt
Tagged a-business-and, a-stock-simulation, business-and, doing-for, four-months, make-the, make-the-most, months, most, most-money, stock-simulation, stocks-shouldWhen Americans debate the impact of fuel emissions on the environment, they usually talk about cars and trucks. But what about smaller vehicles like motorcycles, scooters, lawnmowers and ATVs?
Tagged cars-and, debate-the, debate-the-impact, emissions-on-the, environment, fuel-emissions, impact, lawnmowers-and, like-motorcycles, smaller-vehicles, the-environment-1. Loyalty is overrated
The iPod helped Apple rise from the dead in the last decade. But the iPod Classic, the device that jump-started that resurrection, didn’t get so much as a mention from Steve Jobs at Apple’s iPod event on Wednesday.
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