Wall Street Week Ahead: Can EU deal lift stocks for more than a day?

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks finished the first half of the year with a bang as investors welcomed news that the euro zone is a step closer to solving its 30-month-long debt crisis. Now for the question: Is this rally strong enough to last for more than a day? The S&P 500 and
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Asian stocks, euro surge on EU bond support

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares jumped and the euro surged more than 1 percent on Friday after European leaders agreed that euro zone banks could be recapitalized without adding to government debt, soothing fears over growing credit strains in Italy and Spain. As the dollar retre
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Wall Street Week Ahead: Stocks face choppy seas of bank woes, uncertainty

NEW YORK (Reuters) – More volatility could be in store for stocks next week as investors grapple with less certainty about the economic outlook and a new blow to the financial sector after JPMorgan Chase’s trading loss. Europe is expected to keep investors jumpy as well, w
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Stocks climb at open after Apple earns

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks opened higher on Wednesday after forecast-beating results from Apple removed a weeks-old market overhang and lifted optimism in a corporate earnings season that has already outstripped expectations. The Dow Jones industrial average added 24.51 points,
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Stocks to track earnings with an eye on Europe

NEW YORK (Reuters) – After suffering their worst two weeks of the year, stocks will look to quarterly earnings to determine whether the recent pullback has been exhausted or more losses are justified. Alcoa Inc opened the earnings season with a bang, reporting a first-quarter pr
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Stocks’ correction coming? Not that again

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are beginning to wonder if this Energizer Bunny of a rally can just keep going without taking a break or a fall. Every Friday for the past couple of months, the question has hung in the back of investors’ minds: Is the stock market’s ra
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Stocks, the little engine that could (Reuters)

Reuters – Stocks have proven the naysayers wrong so far in 2012. And the February jobs report could be just the ticket to keep the bulls going next week. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Stocks may strain to hold 9-month highs (Reuters)

Reuters – If upcoming earnings from U.S. retailers are as unimpressive as the rest of the profit season has been, Wall Street could face a tough time justifying a stock market at nine-month highs. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Asian stocks rise, U.S. jobs gain outweighs Greece (Reuters)

Reuters – Asian shares rose on Monday as surprisingly robust U.S. jobs data bolstered investors’ risk appetite, but the euro sagged on worries over a lack of progress in Greek debt restructuring talks which are vital to containing the euro zone crisis. Yahoo! News: Busines
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Stocks cheered by growth hopes, debt woes drag euro (Reuters)

Reuters – Asian stocks rose on Wednesday as investor risk appetite returned after upbeat U.S. and European economic data improved the global growth outlook, but the euro’s gains were short-lived due to deep-set worries over the European debt crisis. Yahoo! News: Business N
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