![]() Straits Times | US Stocks End Mixed After GDP Misses Expectations Wall Street Journal By Christian Berthelsen and Chris Dieterich OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stock indexes ended mixed Friday after a reading on domestic economic growth fell short of expectations, with the Dow's first losing week of 2012 but the other ... How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Friday US stock index futures signal steady open Dow Posts First Losing Week of '12, but Is Still Up for Year |
![]() Bloomberg | U.S. Consumer Confidence Rises to 75.0 From 69.9 in January Michigan Index Bloomberg The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment climbed to 75 from 69.9 at the end of December. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey called for 74, which matched the preliminary reading. Consumer Confidence Increased In January Consumers More Upbeat in January |
![]() USA TODAY | S&P 500 Rises for Fourth Week as Fed's Pledge Offsets GDP Report BusinessWeek 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose for a fourth week, the longest streak since October, as the Federal Reserve's plans to keep interest rates low through at least late 2014 offset slower-than-forecast economic growth. Stocks Drop as GDP Trails Estimates While Treasuries, Euro Gain Why Tech Stocks Look Better—Even for the Risk Averse January rally interrupted as buyers pull back |
![]() EcoSeed | Solar Outlook Boosts NY Index to 4-Month High: China Overnight BusinessWeek The Bloomberg China-US 55 Index of the most-traded Chinese equities in the US gained 1.4 percent to 103.99 at 3:08 pm in New York, poised for the highest close since Sept. 15. Trina Solar Ltd. led gainers, adding the most since Jan. Cirrus, Emulex, Infinity, Newell, Solutia: U.S. Equity Movers |
Corporate Credit Quality Rapidly Improving, CDS Indexes Show Wall Street Journal An index that tracks the cost to insure investment-grade US company bonds is at a six-month low, according to Markit, which administers the index. It has strengthened nearly 15% since Jan. 3 alone. The index, the CDX North America Investment Grade ... Default Swaps in US Fall for Third Week to Lowest Since August Credit Swaps Fall to Lowest Since August on Federal Reserve Rate Outlook |
BATS 1000 Index Rises 0.4% This Week MarketWatch (press release) 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BATS Global Markets, a global stock market operator, reports the BATS 1000® Index (ticker:BATSK) advanced for the fourth week in a row, rising 58.10 points, or 0.4%, this week to close at 15074.22 as of 4 pm ET today ... |
![]() Bloomberg | Index of U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Rises for Third Month Bloomberg Play Video Play Video Play Video The index of US leading indicators rose in December for a third month, indicating the world's largest economy will keep growing in early 2012. The Conference Board's gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months ... The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area Increases ... Revamped Leading Index Posts Gain Gauge of future economic activity posts 0.4 percent gain in December |
Global Corporate Reputation Index Finds Major Global Brands Lag in Citizenship ... MarketWatch (press release) DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Major global brands have more work to do to close the gap between their performance in the marketplace and their citizenship, according to the inaugural Global Corporate Reputation Index, ... |
![]() CTV.ca | TSX advances for Sixth straight week Montreal Gazette Canadian stocks posted their sixth straight weekly advance Friday, despite a tepid session to end the week, as technology stocks and gold producers lifted Canada's benchmark index. The S&P/TSX composite index eked out a gain of 2.18 points, or 0.02%, ... How to beat the three villains that can steal your retirement TSX closes flat on weak US data TSX headed for six straight week of gains |
![]() Los Angeles Times | Stocks slip after GDP report disappoints Los Angeles Times A slump in the Dow Jones industrial average pushed the index down for the week, the first time that has happened in 2012. The index had risen three weeks in a row and is up 4 percent this year. The Dow fell 74 points, or 0.6 percent, to 12660. Stocks end mixed after fourth-quarter GDP report US Stock Futures Edge Up Ahead Of GDP; Ford Slides Disappointing GDP data weighs on stocks |






