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2 hrs ago | Scotsman.com

Fisher pro QE but warns over 'indefinite' stimulus

BANK of England policymaker Paul Fisher has cautioned against a US-style commitment to long-term financial stimulus, although he remains in favour of a "slow amount" of additional bond purchases.

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6 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Personal Finance Daily: Ben Bernanke is daring us to buy stocks

Commentary: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's message to investors came through loud and clear: I dare you to buy stocks.

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10 hrs ago | Counterpunch

The Resurrection of Ben Bernanke

Film historian Ed Rampell details Hollywood's entangled relationship with the CIA and the Pentagon; HOUSES OF THE DEAD: Nancy Kurshan exposes the cruel human rights offenses taking place inside America's vast gulag of Control Unit Prisons; BROTHERHOOD OF SUMMER: David Macaray charts the history of the most powerful union in the US: the Baseball ... (more)

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Fri May 24, 2013

The Washington Post

Crude Caps a Weekly Drop as Investors Weigh Stimulus Rollback

West Texas Intermediate crude fell, capping its biggest weekly drop in more than a month, after rising U.S. durable goods orders bolstered concern that the Federal Reserve will scale back stimulus efforts.

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Related Topix: Texas, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Science / Technology

MarketWatch

Market Snapshot: Bears cite performance chasing as stocks rise

As an extended rally prompts some strategists to raise their price targets for the year, the pessimistic ones are arguing that those prices are being supported more by performance-chasing investors than by any real improvement in fundamentals.

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680News

U.S. markets headed lower amid durable goods data, long weekend

North American markets were slightly lower Friday following better-than-expected durable goods orders in April that suggested encouraging news for U.S. manufacturers.

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Money Morning

Why Ben Bernanke's Market Manipulation is So Brilliant

Cherry-picks the very best investment opportunities from all 11 research services - in energy, commodities, currencies, biotech, and more.

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Iol.co.za

US futures fall

US stock index futures fell on Friday, setting up Wall Street for its first weekly decline since mid April, amid concern the central bank may scale back its support to the economy.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Jersey City, NJ

The Washington Post

Gold Traders Most Bullish in a Month After Bernanke: Commodities

Gold traders are the most bullish in a month after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled record stimulus will continue until the economy improves.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Science / Technology

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Japan Flag

Japan's main trading index, the Tokyo Nikkei, plunged more than 7% Thursday, ending a red-hot rally that saw the bourse climb nearly 50% since the start of the year.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Fortune

The 4 hedge funders losing big in the Japan rout

Toward the end of last year, a number of large hedge funds began piling into Japan.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, World News, Japan

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Why worry? Less aid by Fed would point to recovery

Trader David O'Day works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Washington

Reuters

Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared

For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets' corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Lincoln Daily News

Stocks gain on reassurance from a top Fed official

Reassuring comments from a Federal Reserve official and better earnings from two big retailers helped push the stock market higher Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Federated Investors, Financial Services, Investment Services

Local NEWS 8

Global markets in turmoil

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.6% at the opening bell. The S&P 500 fell more than 1%. The Nasdaq sank 0.9% Meanwhile, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note nudged back up near 2%, as investors sought safety in government-backed bonds.

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The Brainerd Daily Dispatch

Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide

Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.

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Reuters

Warning signs for China, Fed hints at curbing stimulus

Chinese factory activity shrank in May for the first time in seven months, overshadowing signs that the euro zone's downturn tempered slightly in May, business surveys showed on Thursday.

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Sunherald.com

Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady

Several recent polls show the president sustaining an overall approval rating around 50 percent, with no major uptick from gains in housing, jobs and the stock market, and no downtick from the recent storms over the terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and a leak investigations that has swept up the ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Washington Post, Publishing, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ohio

Wed May 22, 2013

KIII

Asia stocks down as China factory output slips

BANGKOK - Asian stock markets fell Thursday, weighed down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs a shaky recovery in the world's No.

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The Times

Oil stays near $96 before crude stocks report, Fed

The price of oil was little changed above $96 a barrel Wednesday as investors waited confirmation of a rise in U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.

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