Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Economic Journal - Wednesday, 8/6/2014


(as of 7:00 AM PST) 
 
Negativity persists this morning.  It seems that Monday's positive market was simply a 'dead cat bounce' after last week’s drubbing of market indexes.  Yesterday the selling began again in earnest and it sure feels like the much called for correction is upon us.  A couple of big mergers fell apart, adding to investor angst.  Economic data is good this morning but not enough to yet shift momentum to the plus side.  The balance of payments deficit was the lowest in five months which means that 2nd quarter GDP way well be revised upward.  Ukraine is in the news with Russian troops gathering on the border and tensions growing.  Gold is up big, likely due to international tensions, and oil is also on the rebound.  Watch for selling pressure to mount as the day wears on. 

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