Week in Preview: Inflation, the FOMC and Nike Earnings
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Economic Data, Federal ReserveThe Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets again this week to review economic conditions and set monetary policy. On whether the Fed should end quantitative...
Ray of Light: U.S. Private Sector Hiring Increases
Filed under: Good news, Economic Data, Federal Reserve, RecessionThis past week's data point of significance for investors has to be the February nonfarm payroll report by the U.S. Department of Labor, which indicated that the U.S. economy created 192,...
Bernanke Finally Admits to Inflation Gain from Commodity Prices
Filed under: Market Matters, Economic Data, Politics, Commodities, Oil, Headline News, Federal ReserveAfter two years of steadily rising commodity prices, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke finally admits to it. Quoted in Bloomberg/Businessweek in h...
Week in Preview: Unemployment Rate, Retail Earnings, Bernanke Testimony
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, AutoZone Inc (AZO), Economic Data, Federal ReserveThis week we turn the calendar page, and that change brings with it a raft of economic data. Scheduled for release on Monday are pending home sales and personal...
Ray of Light: Fed Sees Adequate U.S. GDP Growth for 2011-2013
Filed under: Forecasts, Good news, Economic Data, Federal ReserveThe most recent datapoint of significance for investors has to be the U.S. Federal Reserve's revised summary of economic projections.
The Fed now sees a stronger U.S. economy in 2011, wit...
Tell-Tale Stat: Credit Card Debt Rises for First Time Since August 2008
Filed under: Forecasts, Economic Data, Federal ReserveThe past week's datapoint-of-consequence for investors had to be the December 2010 consumer credit report, which indicated that credit card debt increased for the first time in more than two years. ...
Week in Preview: Coca-Cola, Disney and Hasbro Earnings
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Coca-Cola (KO), Walt Disney (DIS), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Economic DataThings look to be pretty quiet on the economic calendar this week. Here are the highlights:
Tuesday: Weekly chain-store sales
Wednesday...
Economy Adds Only 36,000 Jobs in January
Filed under: Economic Data, Federal ReserveThe jobs number is disappointing at best. Only 36,000 jobs were added in January, according to the Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones news wires had forecast an increase of 136,000. The unemployment rate fell to 9...
U.S. Stock Futures Up as Investors Await Earnings
Filed under: Before the Bell, Earnings Reports, Pfizer (PFE), United Parcel'B' (UPS), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Economic DataU.S. stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting earnings from Pfizer (PFE) and other major companies. Futures o...
U.S. Stock Futures Higher as Investors Await Economic Data, Earnings
Filed under: Before the Bell, Earnings Reports, Alcoa Inc (AA), Costco Wholesale (COST), Economic DataU.S. stock futures are higher Monday morning as investors await economic data and earnings reports. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained...
Week in Preview: January Employment Data, UPS Earnings and More
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, United Parcel'B' (UPS), Economic Data, Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Federal ReserveFriday's fourth-quarter GDP numbers offered more evidence that the economy is picking up steam, but one of the biggest obstacles to t...
Week in Preview: GDP, FOMC Meeting, Housing Data and Lots of Earnings
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Microsoft (MSFT), McDonald's (MCD), Caterpillar (CAT), American Express (AXP), Chevron Corp (CVX), Economic Data, United Technologies (UTX), Federal Reserve, General Dynamics Corp (GD)With earnings season in full swing, t...
