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Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, July 17: Bernanke Is Back
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 6:30am | 1344Futures Lower Ahead of Bernanke Testimony In Congress U.S. equity futures fell in early pre-market trade following some mixed earnings yesterday ahead of Ben Bernanke's first of two days of testimony on Capitol Hill. Wednesday, he will speak to the House Financial Services Committee. For a full...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, May 29
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 6:27am | 1051Futures Lower Following Tuesday Gains U.S. equity futures gave back some of Tuesday's gains in pre-market trade Wednesday. A driver of the sell-off could have been the IMF cutting its China growth forecast to 7.75 percent from 8 percent previously just one day after China's Premier said the...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Friday, March 22
Friday, March 22, 2013 - 6:26am | 767Futures Flat As Cyprus Debates Bailout, ECB Deadline Looms U.S. equity futures were flat in early pre-market trade as Cypriot lawmakers continued to debate the revised bailout procedure. After rejecting the initial bailout proposal and failing to secure a bridge loan from Russia, Cyprus now must...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, March 20
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 6:31am | 957Futures Rise as Investors Look Past Cyprus U.S. equity futures rose in early pre-market trade despite the turmoil in Cyprus as lawmakers failed to pass the bailout agreement in parliament. Blackrock (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink said that Cyprus was a non-event and said that he sees 20 percent upside...
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Benzinga Market Primer, Monday March 18
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 6:22am | 878Futures Sharply Lower on Cypriot Bailout, Deposit Raid U.S. equity futures traded sharply lower in early pre-market trade Monday after EU leaders agreed to a bailout in principle for Cyprus, however choosing to penalize savers in the country for the bailout. The EU is set to place a levy on...
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Benzinga's 13 Themes for 2013
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 9:37am | 1413With 2013 just around the corner and most traders already closed up for 2012, it's time to look ahead to 2013. Some of the key events and market drivers next year can be foreseen and some may be somewhat speculative, but in all 2013 looks set to be another whip saw year, filled with continued...
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Benzinga Market Primer, Monday October 8
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 6:22am | 763U.S. equity futures fell in early Monday trading as the World Bank slashed growth forecasts for Asian nations including China. The World Bank cut its estimates for Chinese growth in 2012 to 7.7 percent annualized GDP growth from 8.2 percent previously and cut its 2013 GDP growth estimate to 8.1...