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• Emotions Run High in Silver Trade

  22-04-2016 23:48
  Activity of this magnitude may indicate at least a short term market top in silver. If weakness does materialize then I’d want to see mid-15.00s hold if silver is in the process of forming a major bottoming pattern.
  
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• Yen drops on rate cut talk; oil climbs, stocks steady

  22-04-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar rose to a three week high against the yen on Friday, on a report of likely further monetary policy easing from the Bank of Japan, while a rise in crude oil prices was offset by poor technology sector earnings, leaving Wall Street stocks steady. The dollar rose more than 2.0 percent against the yen to 111.80 yen, its highest level since April 1 after a media report said the BOJ is considering expanding its negative rate policy to bank
  
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• Enough with the earnings: SEC may reduce company reports

  22-04-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Four times a year there's a kind of parade on Wall Street: companies announce their quarterly earnings, all in a row, with the banks first, then the tech companies, and the retailers bringing up the rear. ...
  
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• US stock indexes end mixed as investors size up earnings

  22-04-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rebound in the price of oil and natural gas helped drive sharp gains for energy and financial companies, nudging U.S. stocks mostly higher Friday.
  
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• Wall Street ends flat; Alphabet and Microsoft tumble

  22-04-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street finished flat on Friday after disappointing quarterly reports from Microsoft and Alphabet slammed tech stocks, while a surge in oil prices lifted energy shares. Microsoft dropped 7.17 percent, contributing the biggest drag to the S&P 500, and Google-parent Alphabet lost 5.41 percent as investors punished both companies for missing profit and revenue estimates. It was Alphabet's worst day since 2012.
  
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• US STOCKS-Wall Street ends flat; Alphabet and Microsoft tumble

  22-04-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street finished flat on Friday after disappointing quarterly reports from Microsoft and Alphabet slammed tech stocks, while a surge in oil prices lifted energy shares. The S&P technology sector dropped ...
  
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• Wall Street ends flat as tech shares weigh

  22-04-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ended near flat on Friday after disappointing quarterly reports from Microsoft and Alphabet slammed tech stocks and offset a surge in oil prices that lifted energy shares.
  
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• US stocks mixed as investors size up earnings

  22-04-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. stock indexes wavered between small gains and losses in late-afternoon trading Thursday as investors sized up the latest crop of company earnings. Technology sector companies lagged the market and were down sharply on disappointing earnings from Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and other big names. Energy and financial companies were among the biggest gainers as the price of oil rebounded.
  
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• Dell SecureWorks, 2016's first tech IPO, fizzles on Wall St

  22-04-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SecureWorks Corp's lackluster debut on Friday hardly registered as a victory for the battered technology IPO market, as the cyber unit of Dell Inc raised less than the company had sought in its public offering and saw its stock price dip. SecureWorks shares opened at $13.89 on Friday, below the $14 per-share price set Thursday. In the first U.S. technology IPO this year, ending the longest drought in seven years, many investors and cyber security entrepreneurs hoped SecureWorks would reinvigorat
  
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• Wall Street mixed as Alphabet, Microsoft tumble

  22-04-2016 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street was mixed on Friday as disappointing quarterly reports from Microsoft and Alphabet slammed tech stocks and weighed against a surge in oil prices that lifted energy shares. Microsoft dropped 6.8 percent, contributing the biggest drag to the S&P 500, and Google's parent Alphabet lost 5.6 percent as investors punished both companies for missing profit and revenue estimates. Helped by a softer dollar and a recovery in oil prices, the S&P 500 has recovered from a steep selloff ear
  
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• Wall Street inspects new pay proposal, wondering who will get dinged

  22-04-2016 20:08 via rocketnews.com
  A sign for Wall Street is seen with a giant American flag in the background across from the New York Stock Exchange November 5, 2012. REUTERS/Chip East/FilesMoreBy Dan Freed and David Henry
  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street bankers and traders are scrutinizing a new regulatory proposal that could restrict their pay for longer periods of time and require them to give back bonus money if deals, loans or trades they work on go bust.
  After regulators released the proposal on Thursday, the indus
  
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• Yen falls on rate cut talk; profits hit U.S. stocks

  22-04-2016 20:05 via rocketnews.com
  A man (R) cleans electronic boards showing Japan’s Nikkei average, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar and stock quotation outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, in this April 6, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Issei Kato/FilesMoreBy Caroline Valetkevitch
  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Speculation that the Bank of Japan could effectively start paying banks to borrow its cash caused the yen to tumble on Friday, while U.S. stocks fell on disappointing profit reports from so
  
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• Earnings drag Wall St lower even as oil steadies

  22-04-2016 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft was the biggest drag on all three major indexes. The S&P 500 has staged a recovery from a steep selloff earlier this year and is inching toward its all-time high, helped also by a cautious Federal Reserve and companies beating tempered estimates. "Investors are looking for clarity on two major catalysts - earnings season and the Fed," said Adam Sarhan, chief executive of Sarhan Capital in New York.
  
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• USD/JPY Technical Analysis: Will The Blast-Off Hold?

  22-04-2016 19:20
  USD/JPY Has Moved Aggressively Higher Off Channel Support. After Price Struggled To Push Below Support, A Reversal May Be Nigh.
  
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• Earnings drag Wall Street lower even as oil steadies

  22-04-2016 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Disappointing earnings reports from Microsoft and other major companies pushed Wall Street lower on Friday, overshadowing a surge in oil prices which lifted energy shares. Microsoft was the biggest drag on all three major indexes. The S&P 500 has staged a recovery from a steep selloff earlier this year and is inching towards its all-time high, helped also by a cautious Federal Reserve and companies beating tempered estimates.
  
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• Boston Beer slumps as Wall Street loses thirst

  22-04-2016 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Boston Beer Company shares slumped on Friday after the brewer of Sam Adams posted quarterly revenue below Wall Street's expectations and warned that it lost business to a growing legion of small craft brewers. In the March quarter, Boston Beer launched Samuel Adams Nitro White Ale, Samuel Adams Nitro IPA, Samuel Adams Nitro Coffee Stout and Samuel Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA.
  
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• Dell SecureWorks, 2016's first tech IPO, fizzles on Wall Street

  22-04-2016 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SecureWorks Corp's lackluster debut on Friday hardly registered as a victory for the battered technology IPO market, as the cyber unit of Dell Inc raised less than the company had sought in its public offering and saw its stock price dip. SecureWorks shares opened at $13.89 on Friday, below the $14 per-share price set Thursday. In the first U.S. technology IPO this year, ending the longest drought in seven years, many investors and cyber security entrepreneurs hoped SecureWorks would reinvigorat
  
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• Yen falls on rate cut talk; earnings hit U.S. stocks

  22-04-2016 17:55 via rocketnews.com
  Traders gather for the IPO of real estate investment trust MGM Growth Properties LLC., on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in lower Manhattan in, New York, U.S., April 20, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidMoreBy Caroline Valetkevitch
  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Speculation that the Bank of Japan could effectively start paying banks to borrow its cash caused the yen to tumble on Friday, while U.S. stocks dropped on disappointing earnings reports from some top companies.
  Shares of Googl
  
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• American Stock Ownership Slides Back to Record Low

  22-04-2016 17:50 via rocketnews.com
  
  It’s been a volatile year for equities, but while the major indexes are close to record highs, the percentage of Americans invested in the stock market is at a record low.
  Just 52 percent of Americans have any money in the stock market, according to a new Gallup poll. That’s tied with 2013 for the lowest level of stock investment in the nearly 20 years since Gallup has been asking about stock ownership.
  Related: How to See Through Corporate Earnings Smoke and Mirrors
  Stock ownership
  
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• US stocks move lower as investors size up earnings

  22-04-2016 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Disappointing earnings from Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and other big companies pulled U.S. stocks lower in morning trading Friday. Technology sector companies were down sharply, offsetting gains among energy companies as the price of oil rebounded.
  
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• Wall Street lower as earnings take sheen off oil surge

  22-04-2016 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street was lower on Friday after a slew of disappointing earnings reports from Microsoft and other major companies eclipsed a surge in oil prices which boosted energy shares. Microsoft was the biggest drag on all three major indexes. The S&P 500 has staged a recovery from a steep selloff earlier this year and is inching towards its all-time high, helped also by a cautious Federal Reserve and companies beating tempered estimates.
  
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• Wall St. lower as earnings take sheen off oil surge

  22-04-2016 17:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft was the biggest drag on all three major indexes. The S&P 500 has staged a recovery from a steep selloff earlier this year and is inching toward its all-time high, helped also by a cautious Federal Reserve and companies beating tempered estimates. "Investors are looking for clarity on two major catalysts - earnings season and the Fed," said Adam Sarhan, chief executive of Sarhan Capital in New York.
  
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• Analysts look past Starbucks vanilla numbers, focus on mobile push

  22-04-2016 17:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp's quarterly numbers may not have been enough to satisfy investors craving a stronger cup of joe, but analysts believe its long-term growth prospects remain solid. Shares of the world's largest coffee chain fell nearly 6 percent on Friday, a day after Starbucks reported second-quarter comparable sales growth below Wall Street's expectations. It has risen 16 percent from its 2016 low touched on Feb. 8, staying more expensive than shares of Dunkin Brands Group Inc and McD
  
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• UPDATE 3-All-day breakfast, promotions drive McDonald's profit beat

  22-04-2016 16:48
  
  * Shares rise about 2 pct premarket(Recasts, context on turnaround and share performance)
  
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• GM's Steve Girsky, key adviser to CEOs, to retire from board

  22-04-2016 16:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Steve Girsky, the one-time Wall Street analyst who was instrumental in the emergence of General Motors Co from bankruptcy and the restructuring of the company after a 2009 government bailout, is retiring from the company's board of directors, GM said on Friday. Girsky, 53, will not seek re-election to the GM board when the company holds its annual meeting in June, GM said in a statement. “Steve brought to the company expertise and skills in a variety of important areas at a critical time i
  
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• ASX 200 Sustains Advance above 3-Month High

  22-04-2016 16:25
  ASX 200 successfully broke through a 3-month high at 5227 although the upward pressure seemed to have faded. Downside risk looms.
  
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• Volkswagen cannot yet estimate total cost of diesel scandal - CEO

  22-04-2016 16:24
  WOLFSBURG, Germany, April 22 (Reuters) - Volkswagen
  is not yet able to put a figure on the total cost of
  cleaning up the diesel emissions cheating scandal until a final
  deal is struck with...
  
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• Caterpillar cuts 2016 sales, earnings outlook, first-quarter profit slumps

  22-04-2016 16:04 via rocketnews.com
  Workers walk past Caterpillar excavator machines at a factory in Gosselies February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Eric VidalMore(Reuters) – Caterpillar Inc. <CAT.N> on Friday chopped its 2016 earnings outlook and posted a lower first-quarter operating profit, reeling from a fall in revenue in its construction, oil and gas and rail business segments.
  Caterpillar now expects 2016 earnings per share at $3.00, or $3.70 per share excluding restructuring costs. The previous forecast was $3.50 per shar
  
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• Wall St. flat as earnings fail to excite investors

  22-04-2016 16:00 via rocketnews.com
  Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in lower Manhattan in, New York, U.S., April 20, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidMoreBy Abhiram Nandakumar
  (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes were flat on Friday after poor quarterly reports from technology bellwethers Microsoft and Alphabet outweighed gains from steadying oil prices.
  Microsoft was the biggest drag on all three major indexes.
  Crude rose about 1 percent on signs of strong gasoline consumption in the United States. [O
  
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• EUR/USD and USD/JPY Setups Ahead of a Heavy Week of News

  22-04-2016 15:52
  Next week brings a huge week of news and risk trends hang in the balance. In this article, we look at how traders might approach EUR/USD and USD/JPY for the week ahead.
  
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• Caterpillar adjusted profit meets Street's view, sales fall

  22-04-2016 15:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Caterpillar's first-quarter adjusted profit met Wall Street's view, even as sales declined across various categories while it continues to deal with soft product demand. The mining and construction equipment company lowered its full-year profit forecast.
  
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• Britain's FTSE falls, set to snap three-week winning streak

  22-04-2016 15:40
  LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Britain's benchmark shares
  index fell on Friday as a drop in mining stocks and luxury goods
  group Burberry weighed on the market, which was heading
  towards its first...
  
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• Wall Street flat as investors stay cautious

  22-04-2016 15:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  REUTERS - U.S. stock indexes were little changed at the open on Friday after mixed quarterly reports from bellwether companies kept investors on the sidelines. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 12.91 points, or 0.07 percent, to 17,969.61, the S&P 500 lost 4.77 points, or 0.23 percent, to 2,086.71 and the Nasdaq composite dropped 45.99 points, or 0.93 percent, to 4,899.89. (Reporting by Abhiram Nandakumar in Bengaluru)
  
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• Wall St. flat as investors stay cautious

  22-04-2016 15:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes were little changed at the open on Friday after mixed quarterly reports from bellwether companies kept investors on the sidelines.
  
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• Keep an Eye on the Big Picture for USD, JPY, Silver Prices Next Week

  22-04-2016 15:30
  Markets are taking a breather at what's clearly an important psychological pit stop along the continuum of central bank easing.
  
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• UPDATE 1-German automakers to recall 630,000 cars to fix emissions

  22-04-2016 14:59
  
  * Daimler says is fully cooperating with authorities(Adds detail, background)
  
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• Wall Street set for flat open on mixed earnings reports

  22-04-2016 14:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. stock indexes were set to open flat on Friday as investors assessed mixed quarterly reports from bellwether companies such as Caterpillar and McDonald's. With recent economic data indicating a sluggish pace of economic growth globally and crude prices hovering near five-month highs, earnings have become a swing factor for stocks. The S&P 500 has staged a sharp recovery from a steep selloff earlier this year and is inching towards its all-time high, helped by a recent rebound in oil, a c
  
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• Caterpillar cuts 2016 sales, earnings outlook, posts lower first-quarter profit

  22-04-2016 14:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc. lowered its 2016 sales and earnings outlook and posted a lower first-quarter net profit on Friday as revenues declined in the company's construction, oil and gas, mining and rail business segments. The company said it expects 2016 sales in a range of $40 billion to $42 billion against a previously forecast $40 billion to $44 billion. Caterpillar now expects 2016 earnings per share at $3.00, or $3.70 per share excluding restructuring costs. The previous forecast was $
  
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• Pakistan shares end higher; rupee steady, o/n rates rise

  22-04-2016 14:36
  KARACHI, Pakistan, April 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan shares
  ended higher on Friday, led by oil stocks on higher
  international crude oil prices, even as investors booked profits
  on cement stocks, analysts...
  
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• UPDATE 1-All-day breakfast, promotion drive McDonald's profit beat

  22-04-2016 14:20
  
  April 22 (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported
  higher-than-expected quarterly sales and profit as its all-day
  breakfast and promotional offerings attracted more customers to
  its U.S. restaurants.
  
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• Daimler emissions investigation overshadows earnings

  22-04-2016 14:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German car, truck and bus maker Daimler AG rebuffed questions about an internal investigation into its emissions certifications as news of the probe sent shares lower Friday.
  
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• Caterpillar 1Q adj. profit meets Street's view, sales fall

  22-04-2016 14:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Caterpillar's first-quarter adjusted profit met Wall Street's view, even as sales declined across various categories while it continues to deal with soft product demand. The mining and construction equipment company lowered its full-year profit forecast.
  
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• Silver Price Rally Stalls After 18.76% Rise From Monthly Low

  22-04-2016 13:59
  Following yesterday’s rise to $17.72 silver prices had risen by 18.76% from their monthly low.
  
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• April’s $10,000 Monthly Challenge Update

  22-04-2016 13:00
  April’s $10,000 Monthly Challenge is quickly coming to a close. Catch up on the latest action here.
  
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• Analytical review of the stocks of Verizon Communications Inc.

  22-04-2016 13:00 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Verizon Communications Inc., #VZ [NYSE] Technologies, Telecommunication, USA Financial performance of the company: Index – DJIA, S&P 500;Beta – 0.20; Capitalization – 213.22 В;Return on asset – 7.40%; Income – - 17.88 B;Average volume – 17.79 М; P/E – 11.98;ATR – 0.81. Analytical review:The company ranks the second on capitalization in the sector of “Telecommunication ...
  
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• UPDATE 3-Mitsubishi Motors mileage scandal widens, U.S. regulator seeks information

  22-04-2016 12:13
  
  * U.S. auto safety regulator asked Mitsubishi for
  information
  
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• BUZZ-Saga: Top investor's complete exit removes overhang

  22-04-2016 11:45
  ** Saga Plc top volume mover in London by a wide
  margin as top investor's decision to sell its entire
  stake removes overhang from further periodic sell downs
  
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• NZD/USD: technical movement in the channel

  22-04-2016 11:25 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Since the end of January the pair NZD/USD has been in the narrow ascending channel on the daily chart. This week, the pair has grown from the level of 0.6400 by 650 points this week, reaching annual highs at the level of 0.7050. However, for the third consecutive day the pair has declined. In anticipation of the meetings of the US Fed and RBNZ at the end of April, traders started to adjust ...
  
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• AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Candle Setup Hints at Topping

  22-04-2016 11:22
  The Australian Dollar stalled after rising to the highest level in ten months against its US namesake, with prices edging lower to lose their grip on the 0.78 figure.
  
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• DAX 30 Little Changed, German PMI’s Disappoint

  22-04-2016 11:15
  The DAX 30 was, at the time of writing, little changed in relation to yesterday’s range and did not react much to the publication of today’s German PMI reports.
  
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