AP – Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, rebounding from losses as Australia’s economic growth accelerated and Chinese manufacturing activity recovered in August. Related Reading:Stock Market Trends: Super Bowl XLVI – A Giant Catastrophe for Stocks? ETF X-Ray: Getting Healthy on Small-CapsSector Selector: Putting One and Two TogetherStock Market Trends: Is Wall Street Ready to Hit [...]

CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY – 1st September (00:30 GMT) Written by Anthony Darvall U.S. Dollar Trading (USD) very weak Asian stocks helped the USD to intraday highs against most pairs except the other safe havens in the JPY and CHF. US sentiment improved though and stocks were able to finish higher as June House Price Index [...]

AP – The Federal Reserve has approved a request by a Chinese sovereign wealth fund to acquire up to 10 percent of the voting shares of New York investment giant Morgan Stanley. Related Reading:Stock Market Trends: Super Bowl XLVI – A Giant Catastrophe for Stocks? ETF X-Ray: Getting Healthy on Small-CapsSector Selector: Putting One and [...]

AP – The stock market ended its worst August since 2001 with meager gains Tuesday after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed officials’ increasing concern about the economy. Related Reading:Stock Market Trends: Super Bowl XLVI – A Giant Catastrophe for Stocks? ETF X-Ray: Getting Healthy on Small-CapsSector Selector: Putting One and Two TogetherStock [...]

AP – The Securities and Exchange Commission has declined to seek fraud charges against Moody’s Investors Services over its ratings of risky investments that led to the financial crisis. Related Reading:Stock Market Trends: Super Bowl XLVI – A Giant Catastrophe for Stocks? ETF X-Ray: Getting Healthy on Small-CapsSector Selector: Putting One and Two TogetherStock Market [...]