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MarketWatch: July 19-23
As of mid-morning Friday, U.S. and overseas markets await the results of the stress tests conducted on European banks, to be released at noon. Based...
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MarketWatch: July 12-16
The (brief) stock market rally had dominated trading in the earlier part of the week. However, investor interest in U.S. government bonds picked up...
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MarketWatch July 5-9
Markets are justifiably confused about the strength of the economy: is growth slowing? Is it slowing a lot or just a little? Will it keep chugging...
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MARKETWATCH June 28- July 2
Initial market reactions to the June employment report confirms trends over the week. While safe haven effects have continued to underpin investor...
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MARKETWATCH June 21-25
On the eve of the G-20 in Toronto this weekend, U.S. financial markets have continued to be dominated by safe haven effects as investors (domestic and...
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MARKETWATCH June 14-18
Yes, financial markets too are being affected by the World Cup. So far today, trading is quiet – even though today is one of the famous Triple...
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MARKETWATCH: June 11, 2010
U.S. financial markets this week have continued to be dominated by global capital seeking a safe haven in U.S. Treasury instruments, as the eurozone...
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Market Watch: More Spillover from Greece
Throughout the week, U.S. financial markets continued to be dominated by a global market “flight to quality” in response to perceived EU policy...
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MARKETWATCH THIS WEEK Is It Good to Be A Safe Haven?
U.S. markets continued to be dominated this week by the continuing roller coaster ride from the Greek (and eurozone) debt crisis. More positive U.S...
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Marketwatch Update: The US as Safe Haven Returns - but Technical Glitches May Have Also Kicked In
It wasn’t enough that we had a lot of impressive economic news this week (including today’s solidly positive employment numbers – even though...
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Market Watch Update: April 26-30
As of mid-day Friday, April 30, the government bond market was on track to have a good week, with prices up (and therefore yields down, because they...
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Market Watch Update: April 19-23
As of mid-day Friday, April 23, the yield curve looked steeper for the week (that is, interest rates rose on Treasury instruments at the longer end of...