Monday, August 4, 2014

Economic Journal - Monday, 8/4/2014

(as of 7:00 AM PST)

So far so good.  Stocks are creeping up in a very nervous market.  After two days of declines investors are wondering if this is the start of the correction that many analysts have been predicting for months.  It is a very quiet market.  Earnings reports are mixed.  News out of Europe is negative with talk of a bailout of a major Portuguese bank and a report that German GDP will decline to zero because of the impact from Russia sanctions trickling down to its own economy.  There is very little economic data today and profit reports are winding down.  August tends to be a slow trading month with many institutional investors on vacation.  Oil and gold are down slightly and interest rates are holding steady.
 

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