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• US stock indexes waver ahead of company earnings reports

  11-04-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended Monday's session mostly unchanged as investors waited for first-quarter company earnings to start rolling in. Overseas markets gained as investors hoped for more stimulus in China, the world's second-largest economy.
  
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• Obama, Fed's Yellen discussed economic risks in White House meeting

  11-04-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen discussed risks to the economy and progress from Wall Street reform during a rare meeting in the Oval Office on Monday, the White House said. "They discussed both the near and long-term growth outlook, the state of the labour market, inequality, and potential risks to the economy, both in the United States and globally," the White House said in a statement about the meeting.
  
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• Wall Street closes lower as investors ready for earnings

  11-04-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investors are next looking for cues from the first-quarter earnings season, beginning in earnest with Alcoa's report after the bell on Monday. Ahead of the results, Alcoa shares rose 3.9 percent. Profits at S&P 500 companies are expected to have fallen 7.7 percent in the first quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
  
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• Nasdaq short interest down 1.6 percent in late March

  11-04-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Short interest on the Nasdaq fell 1.6 percent in the second half of March, the exchange said on Monday. As of March 31, short interest fell to about 8.862 billion shares, compared with 9.004 billion shares as of March 15.
  
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• Under Armour drops as Wall Street traders focus on Spieth meltdown

  11-04-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of sports apparel maker Under Armour dropped nearly 6 percent on Monday, a day after defending champion Jordan Spieth lost the Masters golf tournament in a shocking meltdown. Spieth last year signed a 10-year agreement to wear the No. 2 U.S. sportswear maker's golf shoes and other clothes, and his collapse in Sunday's final round appeared to be partly behind the drop in the company's shares. Also hurting the stock, Morgan Stanley said in a note
  
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• Options investors cautious as consumer staples earnings loom

  11-04-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Consumer staples stocks have served investors well through the last 12 months of market turmoil, but with quarterly earnings around the corner, activity in the options market spells caution. With the exception of the smaller telecom and utilities sectors, consumer staples is the best performing S&P 500 sector in 2016, up 5.5 percent for the year to date. S&P 500 consumer staples are expected to report a first-quarter earnings decline of 2 percent, compared with a 7.6 percent drop for the
  
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• SPX500: Bull Flag Ahead of US Earnings Kick-Off

  11-04-2016 20:52
  The S&P has moved up by more than 15% from the February lows. Either the early year drama was far overblown, or investors have a rude awakening in the months ahead.
  
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• Wall Street edges higher as investors gird for earnings

  11-04-2016 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investors are next looking for cues from the first-quarter earnings season, set to begin in earnest with Alcoa's report after the bell on Monday. Ahead of the results, Alcoa shares were up 4 percent. Profits at S&P 500 companies are expected to have fallen 7.7 percent in the first quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
  
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• GBP/USD Scalp Targets Ahead of UK CPI- Bullish Invalidation 1.4175

  11-04-2016 19:11
  GBPUSD has broken above near-term structural resistance with the rally at risk ahead of tomorrow’s UK CPI print. Here are the updated targets & invalidation levels.
  
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• EUR/JPY Technical Analysis: Three Days of Fib Support

  11-04-2016 19:11
  The past three trading days have seen EUR/JPY supported off of a big Fibonacci level at 123.07.
  
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• Wall Street gains as weak dollar boosts commodities

  11-04-2016 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street gains were driven by materials stocks on Monday as a weaker dollar boosted commodities, and investors turned their focus to the earnings season. Profits at S&P 500 companies are expected to have fallen 7.7 percent on average in the first quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, under pressure from a weak global economy. Alcoa, seen as the unofficial start to quarterly earnings season, is set to post first-quarter results after the market closes.
  
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• Gold Throws a Curve Ball

  11-04-2016 18:55
  Long-term bull market time retracement. Price action over next couple of weeks is critical.
  
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• AUD/USD Outlook Mired by Bearish RSI Divergence, Slowing China

  11-04-2016 18:27
  Despite expectations for another uptick in Australia Employment, a slowdown in China’s 1Q GDP figure may produce near-term headwinds for AUD/USD.
  
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• China’s Market News: Is CPI Indicating that Inflation Risk Is Over?

  11-04-2016 18:23
  China released the CPI to kick off a heavy data week.
  
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• Stocks rise ahead of company earnings reports

  11-04-2016 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks were moving higher on Wall Street following gains overseas as investors held out hope for more economic stimulus from China.
  
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• Tech, materials stocks push Wall Street higher

  11-04-2016 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rise in technology and materials stocks drove gains on Wall Street on Monday as a weaker dollar boosted commodity prices, just before the earnings season kicks off. Earnings at S&P 500 companies are expected to have declined 7.7 percent on average in the first quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Alcoa, seen as the unofficial start to quarterly earnings season, will post results after the market closes. Oil, which has been a big influence on the stock market this year, was higher
  
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• Tech, materials stocks push Wall St higher

  11-04-2016 17:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Earnings at S&P 500 companies are expected to have declined 7.7 percent on average in the first quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Alcoa, seen as the unofficial start to quarterly earnings season, will post results after the market closes. Oil, which has been a big influence on the stock market this year, was higher ahead of next Sunday's meeting by producers aimed at freezing output.
  
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• Analytical review of the stocks of Johnson & Johnson

  11-04-2016 16:47 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Johnson & Johnson, #JNJ [NYSE] Healthcare, production of drugs, USA Financial performance of the company: Index– DJIA, S&P 500; Beta – 0.63; Capitalization– 287.98 В; Return on asset – 11.70%; Income- 15.41 B; Average volume– 9.22 М; P/E - 18.99; ATR – 1.81. Analytical review:The company ranks the first on capitalization in the sector of “health care” among the issuers ...
  
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• Webinar: USD in Free Fall- Key Crosses in Focus this Week

  11-04-2016 16:41
  Setups we’re tracking this week as the greenback falls to fresh 2016 lows. Here are the updated targets & invalidation levels that matter.
  
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• Stocks open higher amid Chinese stimulus hopes

  11-04-2016 16:29 via latimes.com
  
  U.S. stocks opened higher on Wall Street following gains overseas as investors held out hope for more economic stimulus from China.
  
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• Wall Street higher as earnings season begins

  11-04-2016 15:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street was higher on Monday as investors braced for corporate earnings season, with Alcoa set to post first-quarter results after the market closes. Earnings at S&P 500 companies are expected to have declined 7.6 percent on average in the first quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Big bank earnings are also on the cards through the week, starting with JPMorgan Chase & Co on Wednesday. "We're in a bit of a holding pattern until earnings, which kick off with Alcoa tonight, b
  
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• World stock markets edge up amid Chinese stimulus hopes

  11-04-2016 15:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks opened higher on Wall Street following gains overseas as investors held out hope for more economic stimulus from China.
  
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• USD/JPY RSI Divergence Urges Caution to Shorts Ahead of US Earnings

  11-04-2016 15:25
  While many markets continue in range-bound or consolidation states, one area that has continued to move has been the Yen.
  
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• Nigerian stocks down after MSCI says could remove Nigeria from frontier index

  11-04-2016 14:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigerian stocks shed 2.49 percent on Monday after index provider MSCI said it could remove Nigeria from its frontier markets index after the central bank's introduction of currency controls last year. MSCI said late on Thursday that it was seeking feedback from investors on the ease of access to the Nigerian stock market, of which about $480 million of MSCI benchmarked money was in Nigeria. The Nigerian stock market, which has the second-biggest weighting behind Kuwait on the MSCI frontier marke
  
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• Earnings Season: Will a Profits Recession Lead to an Economic One?

  11-04-2016 14:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stocks and the economy are looking vulnerable, and hopes for corporate profits are not high. The difference, in his mind, is that recessions tend to require policy tightening by the Federal Reserve, which doesn’t appear imminent.
  
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• Silver Prices Supported As the Buck Softens

  11-04-2016 13:59
  Silver prices gain as the Dollar softens and risk aversion remains high.
  
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• Futures up as earnings season begins

  11-04-2016 13:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening for Canada's main stock index on Monday ahead of the much-awaited corporate earnings season. June futures on the S&P TSX index were up 0.61 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET. No major economic releases are expected for the day. Canada's main stock index jumped almost 1 percent on Friday, led by gains in energy companies as crude oil prices surged, helping the index eclipse most of the losses sustained earlier in the week. Dow Jones Industrial Avera
  
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• XAG/USD: the USD is declining against safe-haven currencies

  11-04-2016 13:42 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Amid the decline in the USD against gold and the Yen last week was caused by uncertainty in the economic and financial situation in the world, the price of silver went up as well. The minutes of the Fed meeting in March released last week, showed that majority of the FOMC representatives were against the rise in the interest rate in April. Although, Fed executives go not have general opinion on ...
  
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• XAG/USD: will the rise continue?

  11-04-2016 13:36 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Last week, the price of silver in the pair XAG/USD exceeded resistance level of 15.15 (ЕМА200 and ЕМА50 on the daily chart). Today, the price has consolidated above resistance level of 15.35 (ЕМА50 на недельном графике). On the daily and 4-hour chart the indicators OsMA and Stochastic give signals to buy. If the price c
  
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• Thumbs-up from S&P's and Fitch for global US$ sukuk trust certificates

  11-04-2016 13:31 via news.yahoo.com
  KUALA LUMPUR: International rating agencies have given their thumbs up for Malaysia's proposed US dollar-denominated sovereign global sukuk trust certificates. Fitch Ratings has assigned an expected A- rating for the certificates to be issued by Malaysia Sukuk Global Bhd while Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its preliminary 'A-' issue rating to the proposed US dollar-denominated Sukuk trust certificates to be issued by Malaysia Sukuk Global Bhd. According to S&P's, Malaysia S
  
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• USDOLLAR Back to Support as Gold, Global Equities Try to Rally

  11-04-2016 13:24
  An absence of economic data the next two days leaves the US Dollar more technically driven - that is, if it's able to weather the five Fed speakers due up between Monday and Tuesday.
  
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• Dell unit SecureWorks valued at up to $1.42 billion in IPO

  11-04-2016 13:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Dell Inc's [DI.UL] cyber security unit, SecureWorks Corp, said its initial public offering was expected to be priced at $15.50-$17.50 per share, valuing the company at up to $1.42 billion. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company said on Monday that its offering of 9 million Class A shares could raise as much as $157.5 million. The Wall Street Journal first reported in October that Dell, the third-largest personal computer maker, had filed confidentially for listing SecureWorks, which it b
  
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• Brent: Fundamental facts caused the rise in oil prices

  11-04-2016 13:07 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Technical analysis Fundamental factors of last week caused the rise in oil prices last week. Alternative scenario to proved to be correct. The price broke out resistance level of 41.10 and went further up 42.30 and 44.00 ЕМА200 on the daily chart). The target of 42.30 was reached at the opening of today’s trading day. However, later the price began to fall and at the beginning of European ...
  
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• Brent: the price of oil went up last week

  11-04-2016 12:36 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Fundamental news of last week triggered correction in oil prices. Last Friday the prices continue to rise after the release of the data from Baker Hughes, which showed that the number of operating drilling rigs in the USA has dropped by 8 units to 354. This data is one of the main indicators of activity in the oil sector. Since the beginning of decline in oil prices, the number of operating ...
  
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• Sensex gains amid caution before March-quarter earnings

  11-04-2016 12:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian shares gained in line with global markets on Monday, though caution crept in, as market awaits March-quarter earnings for companies, beginning with Infosys on Friday. The Nifty closed 1.54 percent higher at 7,671.40, while the Sensex rose 1.36 percent to 25,008.53. (Reporting by Neha Dasgupta; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
  
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• Daily Mail parent in talks with private equity for Yahoo bid

  11-04-2016 11:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Daily Mail is in talks with potential partners to mount a joint bid for Yahoo's internet assets, eyeing a plan to buy the troubled U.S. Internet pioneer to help boost advertising revenues from the Mail's globally popular online news site. The parent company of the British newspaper, the Daily Mail & General Trust, said on Monday that it was in early stage discussions with several parties about a possible bid for Yahoo, confirming a Wall Street Journal report it had approached private equ
  
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• DAX 30 Tries to Carve Out Low As Energy Shares Are On The Rise

  11-04-2016 11:06
  The DAX 30 has turned less bearish this morning as the sequence of lower swing highs in place since March 18 ended.
  
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• World markets mostly higher following oil market gains

  11-04-2016 10:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Share prices were mostly higher early Monday, following a rally in oil prices and a strong finish on Wall Street last week. China's release of mediocre inflation figures pushed the Shanghai index higher on hopes for fresh market-boosting stimulus.
  
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• FTSE 100: Eight Points Away From Reaching March High

  11-04-2016 10:51
  Today, the FTSE 100 (FXCM: UK100) is trading near the upper end of the 6006-6237 range, levels which have kept price in place since late February.
  
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• Daily Mail said to be mulling bid for Yahoo

  11-04-2016 10:35 via news.yahoo.com
  (ShareCast News) - The Daily Mail's parent company was talking to private equity outfits regarding a potential bid US internet giant Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported.
  
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• EUR/USD Technical Analysis: Bearish Reversal Brewing Ahead?

  11-04-2016 09:02
  The Euro continues to consolidate in a narrow range after hitting the highest level since mid-October 2015 against the US Dollar.
  
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• Asia shares shrug off losses, dollar wallows

  11-04-2016 08:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added about 0.2 percent, after Wall Street ended with modest gains on Friday even as the S&P 500 still suffered its biggest weekly decline in two months. Japan's Nikkei stock index was off its session lows but still ended down 0.4 percent. In addition to a stronger currency, data released early on Monday showed Japan's core machinery orders fell 9.2 percent in February from the previous month, in a sign that business investment remai
  
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• Earnings Season Start, Fed Comments in Focus for Currency Markets

  11-04-2016 07:58
  Currency markets to the start of the first-quarter corporate earnings reporting season and comments from Federal Reserve officials for direction cues.
  
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• Asia shares, dollar start week on the back foot

  11-04-2016 05:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks wobbled on Monday and Japan's Nikkei index slid as the dollar notched a fresh 17-month low against the yen. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan erased earlier losses and edged up about 0.1 percent, after Wall Street ended with modest gains on Friday even as the S&P 500 still suffered its biggest weekly decline in two months. Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 1.3 percent.
  
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• EUR/USD Adrift at Sea, Waiting for ECB and Fed Winds to Blow

  11-04-2016 04:20
  The ECB may open up its easing measures later on in the year, but for now, with energy prices and inflation expectations stabilizing, it appears to be on the sideline for the immediate future. The only question is, how far can EUR/USD rise without ECB interference?
  
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• Obama to meet Fed Chair Yellen on Monday

  11-04-2016 01:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama will meet with U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Monday to discuss the economy and Wall Street reform, the White House said on Sunday. Vice President Joe Biden will also attend the meeting. The Fed has signaled it will exercise caution on interest rate increases because of concerns over the global economy, after implementing its first rate rise in almost a decade in December.
  
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• Daily Mail parent in talks with private equity for Yahoo bid -WSJ

  11-04-2016 00:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The parent company of the British newspaper, the Daily Mail, is in talks with several private equity firms about a possible bid for Yahoo Inc (NasdaqGS: YHOO - news) , the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Daily Mail & General Trust PLC's potential bid could take one of two forms, according to the report, citing people familiar with the matter. In one scenario, a private-equity partner would acquire Yahoo (Hanover: YHO.HA - news) 's core web business, with the Mail taking over the news
  
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