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 April 16

Bidding on the U.S. stock market Thursday, April 15, started opposite changes leading indexes because of the weak macroeconomic statistics.First, investors’ expectations are not justified report U.S. Department of Labor (United States Department of Labor), demonstrating growth in the number of primary applications for unemployment benefit up to 484 thousand from the past 460 thousand, while experts predicted decline to 440 thousandThis is the second consecutive increase in the number of those who receive the allowance, which is not evidence of improvement in the labor market, although the data on unemployment, which is no longer growing, continue to point to stabilize the situation.

Do not boosted share prices and the report of the Federal Reserve System (FRS) on industrial production for March, submitted before the start of the trading session.According to the report, the volume of industrial production increased in comparison with the previous month, only 0.1%, while economists predicted growth rate on a monthly basis on 0,7%.In addition, pressure on the paper provided investor concern problems with the budget deficit of Greece, which vaguely resemble the fiscal problems of the United States, behind that except that the explosive growth rates for American state bonds until portends.
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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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