http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/markets Blog Articles Tagged with 'markets' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111961?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Whole Foods Markets, Inc. (WFMI)Q3 2008 Earnings Call... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:25:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111961?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1111889?rsstype=tag&tag=markets European equities markets saw gains Tuesday after the banking and airlines sectors produced positive earnings reports and broker upgrades.In London, the FTSE 100 added 2.52 percent to 5,454.5 while the FTSE 250 gained 3.28 percent to 9,075.7 on Merri... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:24:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1111889?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/capital-markets-economic-analysis/1111825?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Monetary Policy Fed's FOMC met today and left the FFR% at 2.0% as all expected.The statement carried no significant surprises, either. Keyeconomic variables supported a no change stance. However,recent economic indicator readings show renewed econo... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:24:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/capital-markets-economic-analysis/1111825?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1111821?rsstype=tag&tag=markets From the Federal Reserve: The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2 percent. Economic activity expanded in the second quarter, partly reflecting growth in consumer spending and exports. However... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:13:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1111821?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111720?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Today s FOMC meeting is largely a done deal. No moves, but sound hawkish. Personally, if I were in their shoes, I would move the Fed Funds target to 2.05%, just enough to weird the markets out, but not enough to do any real damage to those who re... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:37:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111720?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1111603?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Are we at the end of the commodity bull market or does this battered sector offer an attractive buying opportunity?That s the question on the minds of everyone trying to navigate one of the most complex and volatile markets we ve seen in years. T... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:32:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1111603?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111566?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Falling oil prices in the international markets haven t helped local stock markets as much as they had in the recent past. Oil fell earlier Tuesday to below $120 a barrel for the first time in three months, but the SSE Composite nonetheless dropp... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:16:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111566?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bill-cara/1111532?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Markets Re-capBy now, most people in the world know that the price of oil is falling rapidly. Metals too. Trading everywhere reflects it. ... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:34:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bill-cara/1111532?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111589?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Freddie CEO ignored red flags. Freddie Mac (FRE) CEO Richard Syron chose to ignore internal warnings that, if heeded, could have shielded the GSE from some of its current devastation. As early as 2004, then chief risk officer David Andrukonis told ... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:41:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111589?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111452?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Quite a crazy couple of days last week. This market continues to search for some sort of direction. News from Merrill Lynch (MER) saying that they had liquidated the last of their mortgage linked securities for 22 cents on the dollar (yes, 1/5 of ... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:17:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111452?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111453?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Global investors need to hit the BRICs literally. Back in 2003, the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), eager to push its clients towards global investing especially in the emerging markets, invented the acronym BRIC (Brazil, Russia... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:13:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111453?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111454?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Stop Losses really can be an Achilles heel in trading, especially day trading the leveraged moved made in the forex arena, and every Trader wants to always find the ideal place to put them. There is no direct, coverall answer to where, and in reality... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:11:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111454?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111466?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Recently, some members of the investment business have suggested that emerging markets offer unusually good value. This, of course, offers me another opportunity to explore one of my favorite topics. According to one recent article, despite the growt... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:23:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111466?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111478?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Gold traded lower this past week, losing $20 from the previous week's closing of $929. News flows were slightly positive for gold, with recession fears creeping in again with higher jobless claims, less than expected U.S. GDP growth, lower non-farm p... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:42:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111478?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1111482?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Gold traded lower this past week, losing $20 from the previous week's closing of $929. News flows were slightly positive for gold, with recession fears creeping in again with higher jobless claims, less than expected U.S. GDP growth, lower non-farm p... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:42:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1111482?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1111437?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Markets in Asia were lower. The Nikkei fell .1% to 12,915. Hitachi rose 2.6% to 822. Nippon Oil rose 2.6% to 630. The Hang Seng fell 3.% to 21,832. China...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:16:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1111437?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1111485?rsstype=tag&tag=markets The Fed will meet once again today. No one knows for sure what the outcome will be, but considering the current state of the markets, they re not likely to make any drastic moves.If the Fed stays in line and it does as expected, their actions ( i... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:46:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1111485?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111185?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Since short-selling is a very divisive issue, I wanted to spend a few minutes to quickly clarify a few aspects of my recent SA post on short-sales, namely that the main points of the articles are as follows:There is nothing inherently wrong wit... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:05:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111185?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/goldseek/1111607?rsstype=tag&tag=markets Gold has sold off on oil's steep falls and with sharp falls in many other commodity markets. The CRB Reuters Jefferies Commodity Index was down 3% yesterday, its largest one day sell off since last March (cocoa, natural gas and sugar were down sharpl... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:01:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/goldseek/1111607?rsstype=tag&tag=markets http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111186?rsstype=tag&tag=markets As oil prices seesawed through the past week, fresh uncertainty about the outlook for the beleaguered financial sector triggered another wave of volatility in financial markets. With the exception of Friday, crude prices closed each day with a gain o... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:12:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111186?rsstype=tag&tag=markets