The KUIK Market Update for Friday, November 14: |
Markets are mixed. |
Index |
Direction |
Change |
Units |
Time |
Change |
Dow |
Down |
(5) |
points |
17,648 |
8:11 AM |
S&P500 |
Up |
0.0% |
percent |
2,040 |
0.62 |
Nasdaq Composite |
Up |
0.1% |
percent |
4,687 |
6.66 |
30 Year Treasury |
Down |
(0) |
Basis Points |
3.07 |
Annual Yield |
The preliminary November reading for the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer-sentiment index rose to 89.4– highest level since July 2007 — from a final October reading of 86.9. Economists expected 88. The consumer-sentiment gauge averaged 86.9 over the year leading up to the recession. Consumer sentiment gives insight into future consumer spending. |
A drop in the price of oil cut the costs of imported goods according to the Labor Department. They fell 1.3% in October. Economists expected a 1.4% drop. Excluding fuel, import prices dipped 0.2% last month. The price of U.S.-made goods exported to other nations fell by 1%. |
Monday, China launches its “Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect” program. For the first time, retail investors around the world will be able to invest in mainland Chinese stocks. Goldman Sachs in a research note said “that it creates the world’s second-largest equity market by market cap,” second only to the New York Stock Exchange adding 855 companies with over $1 billion of listed market cap to the investable universe, |
Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for 1360 KUIK. |
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/consumer-sentiment-highest-since-mid-2007-reports-2014-11-14 |
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-import-prices-drop-in-october-2014-11-14 |
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-stock-markets-change-forever-next-week-2014-11-09 |
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