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Stocks ended Tuesday basically flat, as investors started to focus on economic realities. But the market could see some volatility Wenesday after parts of Tesla Motor's (NASDAQ: TSLA) third-quarter results disappointed investors. Shares were off sharply after hours. Keeping the market in check...

Stocks moved modestly higher on Monday for a second day in a row. The gains came despite a steep losses suffered by shares of mobile phone maker BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Kellogg (NYSE: K [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]) announcement it will cut seven percent of its workforce over the next...

Futures Higher After Tapering Sell-Off U.S. equity futures rose in early Friday trade after a sell-off on Thursday driven by fears that the Federal Reserve will begin reeling in its asset purchases in September. Also, weak sales guidance from Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT)...

Futures Lower As Eurozone Escapes Recession U.S. equity futures dropped in early Wednesday trade despite a new report from Europe showing that the eurozone has finally escaped the longest recession in the currency bloc's history. Also, a strong employment report in the U.K. boosted confidence that...

The U.S. stock market surged higher Thursday on strong global economic data. China, the Eurozone, and United States all beat analyst estimates. Bullish news came from several automakers who reported their vehicle sales today. Ford (NYSE: F), General Motors (NYSE: GM), Chrysler and Nissan (OTC:...

Futures Higher on Economic Data U.S. equity futures are significantly up in early pre-market trade based on strong Asian and European PMI data. In addition, the Bank of England and European Central Bank are expected to reaffirm a policy of easing Thursday morning. Top News Eurozone...

The International Monetary Fund issued its assessment of the eurozone Thursday morning and concluded that, although leaders have done a lot to fight the continent-wide recession, more could be done to boost growth and unemployment. The region, which together is the largest economy in the world,...

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Futures Lower On Portugal Fears, Bank Earnings In Focus U.S. equity futures traded lower on renewed fears that Portugal could be the first nation to leave the eurozone after the recent political crisis has put in doubt the nation's attempts to meet its bailout goals. Meanwhile, key bank earnings...

Futures Lower On Weak China Trade Data, Eyeing FOMC Minutes U.S. equity futures dropped slightly in early pre-market trade following some weak trade data from China for June. The world's second largest economy reported slower than expected growth in both exports and imports but a wider than...

Global service PMIs were released overnight with weakness in China and the eurozone weighing on markets around the world. A slower pace of expansion in China's service sector increased fears of a China hard landing while a weaker than expected reading in the eurozone coupled with a flare up of...

Greece's government is failing to make the cuts to get its next bailout payment. A key Italian politician faces jail time for having sex with and refusing to pay an underage prostitute. Portugal's government is on the verge of collapsing, risking the sustainability of its bailout reforms. And...

Futures Rise Despite Weak China Data U.S. equity futures rose in early pre-market trade despite weak manufacturing data out of China. The official manufacturing PMI fell to a four-month low of 50.1 in June from 50.8 in May, in line with expectations. However, the HSBC manufacturing PMI, which...

Europe had a busy day on the economic calendar Thursday with many market moving events adding to already negative sentiment emanating out of the U.S. and Asia. Better than expected manufacturing and services PMIs from the broad eurozone were offset by manufacturing weakness in Germany while a...

Futures Rally as Risk Appetite Returns U.S. equity futures rose in early pre-market as better than expected economic data from the eurozone sparked a risk rally.The yen weakened, the Australian dollar bounced back, and equity futures rose in what appears to be a return to risk. Top News In other...