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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Investors See Good Prognosis for Health-Care Real Estate Despite Market Uncertainty

The health care industry and its real estate providers are literally caught between two eras as the 2012 elections and a key U.S. Supreme Court decision that will determine the future of health-care reform play out against the backdrop of a strengthening, yet far from robust, economic
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Uncertainty stalks euro, hits stocks (Reuters)

Reuters – European stocks and the euro were under pressure Tuesday after a euro zone plan to boost crisis funds parked with the IMF failed to reach a hoped-for target, though looming ECB funding for the region’s banks lifted sentiment in some bond markets. Yahoo! News: Bus
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How Uncertainty Clouds Hotel Buy/Sell Decisions

Trophy properties have been snapped up by REITs traded at historically low cap rates, but in the last month many REITs have shuttered their acquisition activities. National Real Estate Investor
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More volatility ahead as uncertainty rules (Reuters)

Reuters – The historic swings in the U.S. stock market over the past two weeks have investors struggling to figure out where equities may be headed next. Only one thing seems clear: The volatility is far from over. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Builder Confidence Index Remains Flat in August, Despite U.S. Market Uncertainty

David Crowe Based on the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes held unchanged at a low level of 15. “Builders continue to confront the same major chall
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Debt, Downgrade and Double Dip Throw CRE into a New Cycle of Uncertainty

Marty Busekrus, a senior associate investment properties for CB Richard Ellis | Capital Markets in Boca Raton, FL, got a call this past Monday morning from a potential office building buyer as mania struck the stock markets. The buyer, who has been trying to buy an office building fro
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