Market Currents

• Monday, October 19, 2009

• 16:18 PM ETF investors appear to be bracing for a potential long-term bout of inflation, with cash flowing steadily into funds tracking commodities (GLD, DBC, USO), foreign stocks (EEM, VWO, EWZ) and inflation-protected bonds (TIP). 1 Comment

• Tuesday, July 7, 2009

• 10:23 AM Picks and Pans from the Pros:
  Soros: China (PGJ, FXI) , India (INP), Brazil (EWZ)
  Paulson: Capital One (COF), JPMorgan (JPM), CB Richard Ellis Group (CBG), Petro-Canada (PCZ)
  Fournier: WellPoint (WLP), Foundation Coal (FCL), PHH Corp. (PHH) 1 Comment

• Wednesday, December 17, 2008

• 09:01 AM Premarket losers: CIT -15%. ROCK -14%. DB -10%. BCS -9%. HBC -8%. ITU -6%. RIO -6%. TKC -6%. TCL -6%. EWZ -5%. TS -5%. PBR -5%. GFI -5%. HMY -4%. RTP -4%. IBN -4%. MS -4%. AAPL -4%. UBS -4%. Comment!

• Monday, December 1, 2008

• 14:29 PM Morgan Stanley becomes one of the first to mention a Brazil recession. It expects growth of 2% next year, but "a figure closer to zero cannot be ruled out," economist Marcelo Carvalho says. EWZ -8.1%. It's down 56.1% over the past three months. Comment!

• Thursday, October 23, 2008

• 08:21 AM Early premarket losers: CNB -19%. ACL -17%. AAI -17%. ABB -15.5%. AMZN -13.9%. EWZ -12.3%. ING -8.7%. PCU -8.2%. TEX -7.4%. BHP -7.35%. PBR -7.1%. RTP -6.8%. MT -6.6%. FRO -6.5%. RIO -6.4%. PLD -6.2%. BCS -5.9%. SI -5.9%. BDK -5.2%. Comment!

• Monday, October 6, 2008

• 13:12 PM Emerging market stocks (ETF: EEM) fell the most in at least 20 years, and exchanges in Brazil (EWZ) and Russia (RSX) halted trading as the global banking crisis escalated in Europe and oil fell below $90 a barrel. "Fear of a deeper global recession is building." Comment!