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Trends, Patterns, Indicators

Identifying consistent patterns and trends in business and in the financial markets. Useful key indicators for market timing, warning signals, bullish investing signals, and trading/investing opportunities.

What happens to markets if the US defaults?

NEW YORK (AP) — Time is running out for Washington to raise the country’s borrowing limit and avoid a default. […]

By DennisGao | 18 Jul 11 | Also posted in Stocks | Comments (0)

S&P warns it may downgrade US credit rating

Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer, On Thursday July 14, 2011, 9:34 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Credit rating agency Standard […]

By DennisGao | 15 Jul 11 | Also posted in North America | Comments (0)

Financials Have A Tough Road To Hoe To Get Stock Prices Higher

by Trefis Team, Forbes Blog, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup were some of the banks that saw a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Jul 11 | Also posted in Stocks | Comments (0)

Open Architecture 401(k) Provider Releases First-Of-Its-Kind All-In Fee Calculation

“Personalized Expense Ratio” Combines Fees Paid with Investment Expenses to Present Complete Plan Cost to Advisors, Plan Sponsors, and Participants […]

By Oxstones | | Also posted in North America, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

It’s important to know what IRA options are available

By THOMAS TILLEMAN, Waddell & Reed | 0 comments One may become the recipient of assets in a variety of […]

By DennisGao | | Also posted in North America, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Asia stocks sink as Europe debt jitters mount

Asian stock markets sink as Europe debt crisis threatens to engulf Italy, Spain SHANGHAI (AP) — Fears that Italy and […]

By M Guliyev | 12 Jul 11 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Best Currency Forecasters Say Dollar Slump Over

arth Theunissen and Allison Bennett, On Monday July 11, 2011, 1:56 am EDT The best currency forecasters say the dollar’s […]

By DennisGao | 11 Jul 11 | Also posted in North America | Comments (0)

Retail, tech lead Wall St rally before jobs data

NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed sharply higher and the Nasdaq notched an eighth day of gains […]

By M Guliyev | 08 Jul 11 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Moody’s downgrades Portugal on fear of 2nd bailout

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded Portugal’s government debt on Tuesday, citing growing risks the country will require […]

By DennisGao | 05 Jul 11 | Also posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Foreign Ownership of Japanese Shares Up, Financial Institutions’ Holdings Down

By Hiroyuki Kachi and Judy Lam Foreign ownership of Japanese shares rose for the second straight year, according to data […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Jun 11 | Also posted in Asia, Stocks | Comments (0)