Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Economic Journal - Wednesday, 4/9/2014

(as of 7:20 AM PST)

Things are calm this morning.  Stocks are up slightly after yesterday’s moderate rise.  Earnings season kicked off yesterday with a middling report from Alcoa.  Market direction will likely be driven by corporate profit results for the next few weeks.   While there seems to be a feeling that investors are looking for that next market correction, there is still a hint of bullish optimism.  Most problem declines this year have followed with surges to near record levels and the feelings are in the camp that we will see that pattern repeat.  Gold is down moderately after a three day rally, while oil is unchanged.  Interest rates are stable.  Continuing problems in Ukraine are also weighing negatively on markets.

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