| The KUIK Market Update for Friday, September 19: | |||||||
| Markets are up. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Time | Change | ||
| Dow | Up | 53 | points | 17,319 | 8:01 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Up | 0.2% | percent | 2,015 | 3.86 | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 0.1% | percent | 4,599 | 5.59 | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (1) | Basis Points | 3.35 | Annual Yield | ||
| Scottish voters rejected independence from the UK. The vote was 45% pro and 55% against. | |||||||
| A spam campaign is targeting employees at about 90 brokerages and adviser firms in New York, Boston, North Carolina, Texas and Alabama so far. The phishing campaign sends messages that look like invitations to share a file through Google Drive. It etices employees to click on a malicious link that would infect computers and give criminals access to customer records. The spam is also hitting some small health-care billing companies. | |||||||
| Signaling moderate economic growth through the end of the year, the leading economic index for the U.S. rose 0.2% in August to 103.8, according to the Conference Board. The coincident index, which measures current conditions, rose 0.2% in August, while the lagging index advanced by 0.3%. For July, the leading indicator’s growth was revised to 1.1% from a prior estimate of 0.9%. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/scotland-set-to-stay-in-uk-as-yes-camp-admits-defeat-2014-09-19 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/attackers-target-90-brokerages-and-adviser-firms-2014-09-18 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-leading-economic-index-rises-02-in-august-2014-09-19 | |||||||
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