The market review for April 23

Bidding on the U.S. stock market on Thursday, April 22, begin to reverse the quotes. Investors are concerned about the news from Greece, where the budget deficit in 2009. was revised from 12,7% to 13,6%, while gross debt was already 115.1% of GDP. International rating agency Moody’s on this background sovereign ratings downgraded Greece from A2 to A3. Over the last months rally bidders awaited the appearance of more or less weighty reasons for early profit taking, and finally got them. At least in the short term markets are expected to remain negative moods.

Published U.S. macroeconomic statistics have been mixed. Number of requests for unemployment benefit last week dropped, but not strong enough. Not very positive factor was the increase in March producer prices by 0,7%, while the expected increase of 0,4%. Formed from the manufacturers the possibility of increasing selling prices, of course, indicates a revival of the market, but rising inflation will provoke the Fed to speed up the process of tightening monetary policy that investors completely useless. The index of house prices in February fell slightly – by 0.2%. Better predictions were data on the volume of sales in the secondary housing market in March (sold 5.35 million homes, while the expected 5.25 million). Experts attribute this increase to government programs encourage home buying. Those who buy a house for the first time, receive a small monetary compensation.

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The market review for February 19

Thursday, February 18, trades on the American stock market began a small gepom down by weak data out of macroeconomic statistics on the labor market and lower-than-expected increase in the index of leading indicators. Last January he added, only 0,3%, while experts predicted an increase of 0,5% after the December increase of 1,1%. With regard to labor market data, the number of initial applications for unemployment insurance for the past week unexpectedly rose to 473 thousand, moreover, that analysts do not expect changes from the previous figure of 440 thousand In addition, 1.4% up in January, the index of production prices, nearly doubling the forecasts.
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The market review for February 3

Tuesday, 2 February, the U.S. stock market continued the growth begun the previous day. On the side of buyers were as positive corporate news and optimistic macroeconomic statistics. Change the value of the index of pending transactions involving the sale of homes in December 2009. surpassed analysts’ expectations – the increase was 1% against the projected 0.6%. In addition, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged the Republicans to join the action to reduce the budget deficit of the country. He believes that these measures can be started when the recovery will not cause doubts, but the economy will be on his feet. The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama supports the creation of a bipartisan financial commission which would deal with finding solutions to the problem. Republicans, however, until recently, rejected the idea. Be that as it may, macroeconomic statistics out strong, most of the corporate profit exceeds expectations, and if the budget deficit and the country will eventually decline, then the highs of 2007. for the U.S. stock market may not be the last in history.

As a result of trading on February 2 2010. Dow Jones index rose by 111.32 points (1.09%) – to 10,296.85 points, NASDAQ rose 18.86 points (0.87%) – to 2,190.06 points, S & P rose 14.13 points to (+1.3%) – amounting to 1,103.31 points.
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The market review for January 29

Once again, the U.S. stock indexes Dow Jones and S & P 500 updated bi-monthly minimums for that night after the close of the previous trading session in the U.S. futures indices grew, and consolidated in the afternoon reached altitudes. A reason for such a quick change of treatment formed President Barack Obama to the nation, the positive sentiments were disappointing investors data makrostatistiki. Not so much as expected, the number of Americans who first applied for unemployment insurance for the week ended Jan. 23 – at 8 thousand instead of the predicted 32 thousand addition, the volume of orders for durable goods in December increased by only 0, 3%, while the expected growth rate of at least 2%. Both figures questioned made before representatives of the Federal Reserve and Barack Obama statement on the marked improvement of the economic situation. Additional pressure on the NASDAQ index had collapsed Paper Motorola Inc. and Qualcomm Inc.

As a result of trades on Thursday, the Dow Jones index fell 115.7 points (-1.13%) – up to 10,120.46 points, NASDAQ – to 42,41 points (-1.91%) – up to 2179 points, S & P – at 12.97 points (-1.18%) – up to 1,084.53 points.

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The market review for January 26

Trading on the U.S. stock market on Monday, January 25, held at the “green” territory. The positive mood of investors seemed to shake the reported sales volume in the secondary housing market in December. Experts expect declining by 9,8%, but sales fell by 16,7%, which proved to be the most significant change over the past 40 years. However, the decline was quickly redeemed, as the main theme of the day still was the news about the likely re-election as head of the Federal Reserve System (FRS) the USA Ben Bernanke, who headed it into the present. Term of office expires next Sunday and the Senate is expected this week to vote for his re-election.

B. Bernanke, impressed investors so that he insisted on lowering a key interest rate to stimulate the economy and, consequently, contributed to the supply of cheap liquidity of banks and the growth of stock markets. In addition, bidders do not want any change, because at present the future and so extremely vague. Senior White House adviser David Axelrod said Monday that U.S. President Barack Obama is absolutely sure of reelection B. Bernanke, than in the largely pacified American traders.

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