Good morning; nothing happened yesterday w/ stocks'n'metals and futures today have stocks off a bit and metals up a bit. Today's reports are just Case-Shiller 20-city Index and Consumer Confidence, but my take is today's the other half of the Calm Before the Storm.
- U.S. stocks: Futures decline before confidence report U.S. stock futures indicate a lower open for Wall Street Tuesday, with investors to receive reports that will likely show slight slowing for U.S. housing prices and confidence among U.S. consumers. MarketWatch39 mins ago
- Focus turns to U.S. outlook, Russian stocks stabilise World shares hovered just below all-time highs on Tuesday as investors drew encouragement from a rally in Chinese markets and beaten-down Russian stocks enjoyed some relief after three days of heavy selling. Investors remained cautious, however, given geopolitical jitters and a torrent of U.S. economic news due to come this week, including a Federal Reserve meeting and GDP data on Wednesday and non-farm payrolls figures on Friday. The dollar shuffled…
- Inflation Hawks Have Been Wrong for Years - Danny Vinik, New Republic
- Federal Reserve's Massive Power Grab - Brian Wesbury, First Trust Advisors
- Unemployment, and the Work 'Skills Shortage' Myth - Gary Burtless, RCM
- Retirement regrets: Costly mistakes to avoid Even if you put enough money aside, pursuing the right retirement plan is just as important as saving for it. Expert Jean Ann Dorrell, shares some top financial retirement regrets you can avoid.
- The Danger of Deficits To the Economy - Wayne Brough, RealClearMarkets
- It May Be Wrong To Be Bearish Until the Fall - Avi Gilburt, MarketWatch
- Challenges To The Positive Outlook - Byron Wien, Blackstone
- Bull Market? The "Dumb Money" Ain't Buyin' It - Lance Roberts
- Do Corporations Rule America? How do you begin to persuade a rank-and-file American that business is their friend and government is their enemy?
- Last time this happened, stocks sold off hard
