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September 17, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher Tuesday following a report from the Labor Department that the consumer price index (CPI) rose just 0.1% in August, putting to rest any immediate concern...
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September 16, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher Monday morning after an announcement on Sunday by Larry Summers that he was withdrawing his name from consideration as the next chairman of the Federal...
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September 13, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher Friday morning after mixed reports on the retail sales and producer prices. The preliminary reading on September consumer sentiment came in well below...
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September 12, 2013: U.S. markets opened mixed again Thursday morning with the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 both just slightly better than last night’s close. The weekly report on new claims...
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September 11, 2013: U.S. markets opened mixed on Wednesday morning with the Nasdaq Composite trailing as investors reacted to the new iPhone products announced yesterday by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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September 10, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher on Tuesday morning following another strong release of economic data from China. Today’s big new was the expected announcement from Apple Inc....
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September 9, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher on Monday morning following a good report on consumer sentiment in the eurozone and a booming report on China’s trade surplus. Japan’s second-quarter...
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September 6, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher on Friday morning while even though this morning’s report on employment was weak because most traders believed that the weak report would convince the...
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September 3, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher on Tuesday morning following Monday’s Labor Day holiday with an upbeat reaction to European and Asian PMI reports. ISM data for the U.S. rose...
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August 30, 2013: U.S. markets opened slightly higher on Friday morning but soured almost immediately. Data on personal income and personal spending was mixed and the Chicago Fed PMI reading came out...
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August 29, 2013: U.S. markets opened lower Thursday morning on a better than expected report on new jobless benefits claims and a higher-than-expected second reading on second quarter GDP growth....
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August 28, 2013: U.S. markets opened mixed Wednesday morning as the potential for a military conflict in Syria dominated the news. Crude oil prices spiked overnight and there were other setbacks as...
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August 27, 2013: U.S. markets opened lower Tuesday morning with worries over possible U.S. actions in Syria weighing prices down all day. The S&P Case-Shiller house price index was strong again...
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August 23, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher this morning most likely due to a big jump in shares of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) on news the CEO Steven Ballmer will retire. The only economic data...
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August 21, 2013: Markets opened mixed this morning as traders and investors waited for the afternoon’s release of the July FOMC meeting minutes. Existing home sales rose more than expected in July....
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