U.S. is dangerously close to economic contraction
First Take: Consumers are growing more cautious, which could trip up the recovery, says Rex Nutting.
First Take: Consumers are growing more cautious, which could trip up the recovery, says Rex Nutting.
real estate
Six stocks positioned to gain with housing market
MarketWatch/Tim Rostan
Rachel Koning Beals spotlights consumer discretionary stocks in line for
gains if the U.S. housing market continues to improve.
• When a home seller is also the lender
• Home-equity lines bedeviling Americans
• Five ways to avoid home buyer’s remorse
Six stocks positioned to gain with housing market
MarketWatch/Tim Rostan
• When a home seller is also the lender
• Home-equity lines bedeviling Americans
• Five ways to avoid home buyer’s remorse
MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY
J.K. Rowling book: mystery or marketing coup?
The “Harry Potter” author, who admits she
wrote the previously obscure spy novel “The Cuckoo’s
Calling,” still has the golden touch.
Phone cameras won’t kill the good old SLR
Point-and-shoot camera may be headed for
history's dustbin, but sales of higher-end traditional single-lens
reflex cameras are actually showing some growth.
Apple's building more iPhones, but at what cost?
Work on iPhone 5S may be gearing up, but demand for a new model is far from certain.
• Apple probes alleged iPhone death in China
• iPad to benefit as IT spending rises (Minyanville)
J.K. Rowling book: mystery or marketing coup?
Phone cameras won’t kill the good old SLR
Apple's building more iPhones, but at what cost?
Work on iPhone 5S may be gearing up, but demand for a new model is far from certain.
• Apple probes alleged iPhone death in China
• iPad to benefit as IT spending rises (Minyanville)
Need to know
• After Hours: Cintas falls; Brown & Brown rises
• Leap investors may be banking on a higher bid
• Target turns to reality TV to reach college crowd
• Keystone pipeline's biggest lobbyist? Canada
• Consumer prices may see a jump
• B. of A. Merrill raises 2013 target for S&P 500
• ‘Nuclear option’ off table in the Senate?
• Twinkies may become Shrinkies
BOND REPORT
Treasury yields likely to ease
Economist says recent moves toward higher yields are not sustainable.
• Should 401(k) savers bail on bond funds?
• Retail data lift Treasury prices
THE NEXT 24
Coca-Cola earnings
on tap
Earnings from several big names are coming before the bell on Tuesday, including those of the Coca-Cola Company.
• What to watch in Goldman Sachs earnings
• A realistic course emerges for Citigroup
TRANSPORT
Is Boeing immune to Dreamliner woes?
Shares of Boeing rebound on indications that fire at Healthrow was unrelated to battery issue.
• Dreamliner investigators look at transmitter
COMMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Corporate America, meet Corporate Africa
The private sector has become a vital force in the development of Africa. And that’s the right approach, writes Rhonda Zygocki.
• Marsh: Hiatus on the way to Asian century
• After Hours: Cintas falls; Brown & Brown rises
• Leap investors may be banking on a higher bid
• Target turns to reality TV to reach college crowd
• Keystone pipeline's biggest lobbyist? Canada
• Consumer prices may see a jump
• B. of A. Merrill raises 2013 target for S&P 500
• ‘Nuclear option’ off table in the Senate?
• Twinkies may become Shrinkies
Treasury yields likely to ease
Economist says recent moves toward higher yields are not sustainable.
• Should 401(k) savers bail on bond funds?
• Retail data lift Treasury prices
Coca-Cola earnings
on tap
Earnings from several big names are coming before the bell on Tuesday, including those of the Coca-Cola Company.
• What to watch in Goldman Sachs earnings
• A realistic course emerges for Citigroup
Is Boeing immune to Dreamliner woes?
Shares of Boeing rebound on indications that fire at Healthrow was unrelated to battery issue.
• Dreamliner investigators look at transmitter
Corporate America, meet Corporate Africa
The private sector has become a vital force in the development of Africa. And that’s the right approach, writes Rhonda Zygocki.
• Marsh: Hiatus on the way to Asian century
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Justice Department is considering whether to file civil-rights charges in Travyon Martin killing
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Michael Dell, Carl Icahn and the fate of Dell
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China data show slowing
China's economy growth slows to 7.5% in the second quarter, matching estimates despite fears to the contrary.
• China power consumption up 6.3% in June
• Wimbledon sparks Taiwan-China row (Caixin)
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Feds weigh charges vs. Zimmerman
Justice Department is considering whether to file civil-rights charges in Travyon Martin killing
• Protests over Zimmerman acquittal rage on
• Zimmerman acquitted in Trayvon Martin killing
• Protests hit Chicago | San Francisco
Michael Dell, Carl Icahn and the fate of Dell
Can founder's bid to company private overcome Icahn's opposition in shareholder vote?
• IPad to benefit as IT spending rises (Minyanville)
China data show slowing
China's economy growth slows to 7.5% in the second quarter, matching estimates despite fears to the contrary.
• China power consumption up 6.3% in June
• Wimbledon sparks Taiwan-China row (Caixin)
Adventures in
Hollywood:
The Investor's Cut
Can investors profit from the movie business's summer blockbusters? Find out from the experts in this month's installment of Trading Strategies.
• The Force is strong with Disney investors
• Lionsgate looks to continue upward climb
• 13 biggest July blockbusters
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The Investor's Cut
Can investors profit from the movie business's summer blockbusters? Find out from the experts in this month's installment of Trading Strategies.
• The Force is strong with Disney investors
• Lionsgate looks to continue upward climb
• 13 biggest July blockbusters
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Street felons say markets are stacked against you
MarketWatch interviews Bernie Madoff and others who have done time for fleecing investors. They believe the market is rigged. Find out why.
• Madoff: Prison guards ask for investment tips
• Madoff: 5 ways to make the markets fair
• Retail investors outgunned by speed traders
• ‘N.J.’s Madoff’: Insider trading can't be stopped
• Feldman: Markets have never been fair
MarketWatch interviews Bernie Madoff and others who have done time for fleecing investors. They believe the market is rigged. Find out why.
• Madoff: Prison guards ask for investment tips
• Madoff: 5 ways to make the markets fair
• Retail investors outgunned by speed traders
• ‘N.J.’s Madoff’: Insider trading can't be stopped
• Feldman: Markets have never been fair
Bernie Madoff, serving 150 years for orchestrating the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, says market oversight doesn’t work and markets are unfair for investors.
for getting away
with fraud
Overpaying taxes and overstating income is the way to go, says the CFO of the criminal enterprise that passed itself off as a New York electronics retailer in the 1980s.
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Why aren't you using your Roth 401(k)?
One in two employers now offer a Roth 401(k). But we’re a long way from one in two workers taking advantage of the chance to sock away after-tax money to their Roth 401(k), according to a new study. Here’s how to decide when using a Roth 401(k) is a good idea for you.
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