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Global Market Wrap-Up

Mark Hanna is a private investor and financial commentator, best known as “TraderMark” on Seeking Alpha. He holds an economics degree from the University of Michigan and operates his own website called Fund My Mutual Fund. Considering him a kindred philosophical spirit, Euro Pacific Capital has commissioned Mark to provide daily updates on global markets.
Positive manufacturing reports from China and the United States helped to propel domestic markets to their best gains since early July. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ both gained 3%.  A slew of economic data was released Wednesday but with an oversold market, traders chose to focus on the positive...
U.S. stocks finished off their worst August since 2001 with a listless day.  While there were some secondary economic reports, most of the focus remains on data points coming later in the week.  The S&P 500 was flat while the NASDAQ fell 0.3%.  For the month the S&P 500 fell...
U.S. stocks got off to a bad start to begin an extremely data intensive week, as Japan embarked on yet another stimulus in its 2 decade struggle.  The S&P 500 fell 1.5% and NASDAQ 1.6%, essentially erasing all of Friday's dead cat bounce.  The main economic report of the day was...
A weak Q2 GDP figure which was 'better than expected' along with a pledge by Ben Bernanke to do 'what he can' to create prosperity for us all, was enough to embolden traders who have been berated with a slew of bad economic news.  An earning morning selloff was bought aggressively and U.S....
Slight improvement in weekly jobless claims could not hold up U.S. markets, which sold off aggressively from morning highs Thursday.  The S&P 500 fell 0.8% and NASDAQ 1.1%. The Dow closed below the psychological level of 10,000 for the first time since July 6th, with its loss of 0.7%....

Despite expectations for a very weak existing home sales figure, the number came in even worse than estimated and U.S. stocks sold off as fears of double dip continue to grip the market.  The S&P 500 fell 1.5% and NASDAQ 1.7%.  All eyes were on existing home sales, which make up...

U.S. stocks rallied sharply at the open of the session Monday for no apparent reason, than sold off for much of the day, ending at their worst levels of the day.  The S&P 500 fell 0.4% and NASDAQ 0.9%.  There was no economic news but looking ahead this week, there will be housing...

U.S. indexes were down for the day but well off their session lows in a quiet Friday.  There were no market moving earning reports, nor economic data to react to, and with the last weeks of summer, trading volumes were very light despite option expiration.

Crude oil fell 0.82% to...