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| metals | gold $1227.60, silver $17.40 | Futures @ 2 hrs. before opening -1.38% | ||||
| (let me know if you want on or off) | stocks | (from IBD) ...a feeble rebound Tuesday, doing nothing to alter its bearish overtones. The Nasdaq advanced 0.3% and the S&P 500 less than 0.2% in higher volume. Yet both indexes surrendered beefy morning gains… | Futures: -0.16% | |||
--and today's econ reports may supply even excuses for more volatility:
7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Index
8:30 AM Retail Sales
8:30 AM Retail Sales ex-auto
8:30 AM PPI
8:30 AM Core PPI
8:30 AM Empire Manufacturing
10:00 AM Business Inventories
2:00 PM Fed's Beige Book
Other news:
European stocks wallow, Asia gains on oil slump European stocks wallowed Wednesday on dour growth prospects while Asian shares were mostly higher as a slump in energy prices promised benefits for the region's major economies.
Face Mask And Hazmat Stocks Are Crashing It's an ugly day for the Ebola trade. Shares... Business Insider
UK unemployment rate drops to lowest since 2008
The $11 Trillion Advantage That Shields U.S. From Turmoil Call it America's $11 trillion advantage: Consumer spending is likely to steer the U.S. The combination of more jobs, falling gasoline prices and low borrowing costs will help lift household purchases. "We've got a lot of things working in favor of the consumer right now," said Nariman Behravesh,… Bloomberg
All In All, Barack Obama Has Achieved a Lot - Paul Krugman, Rolling Stone
Why Can't People Feel the Economic Recovery? - Noah Gordon, Atlantic