Roundup of world financial, banking and stock market news.

Monday, 1 February 2010

Stock Exchange Tracker Spreadsheet


The Spreadsheets Direct Stock Exchange Tracker lets you follow the world's main stock exchanges with ease.



The Spreadsheets Direct Stock Exchange Tracker lets you keep track of the FTSE100, DAX, BOVESPA, DOW30, NIKKEI, S&P500 and S&P ASX200. Select a timezone to display stock times in using the dropdown above. The spreadsheet can be set to automatically update every x amount of minutes using the spin control above. Press Start to set the update in motion and Stop to cancel it. Alternatively you can use the Refresh button on the individual sheets.

On the individual exchange sheets the top sections lets you filter out an individual company to track. The right side displays the total number of members, the amount unchanged, number of companies who's stock is up and number of companies who's stock is down.

The left of the lower section shows data for all exchange members with the right section showing the top 10 risers and fallers.



The Snapshot sheet gives a summary of the following exchanges:

•DJIA
•Nasdaq
•S&P 500
•S&P/TSX
•Bovespa
•DJ Stoxx 50
•Bloomberg European 500
•FTSE 100
•DAX 30
•Nikkei 225
•Hang Seng
•Singapore Straits Times
•S&P/ASX 200

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Friday, 15 January 2010

US STOCKS-JPMorgan, consumer sentiment batter market


WRAPUP 5-U.S. inflation tame, industrial output rises


US STOCKS-Wall St stumbles on JPMorgan, economic data


Kraft s Rosenfeld seen raising Cadbury bid


GLOBAL MARKETS-JPMorgan results hurt stocks; dollar gains


GOP, Dems in "Death Embrace": U.S. Budget "About to Go Off a Cliff," Cal Prof Says


Raise taxes or cut spending?�� Washington must take action on both fronts to curb U.S. debt or run the risk of a dollar crisis, according to a report by the Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, a panel of bipartisan experts. ...

JPMorgan Earnings Blow Past Expectations, Revenue Looks Light, Consumer Lending Still Very Ugly


From The Business Insider, Jan. 15, 2010:And they're out.
EPS of $.74 per share blew past estimates of $.61 per share. But revenue of $25.2 billion may be a bit light.
Analysts had been looking for $26.8 billion.
The

"Shocking ... Unbelievable": Wall Street to Pay Record $145B in Bonuses, WSJ Says


Undeterred by the rising anger on Main Street and the populist backlash in Washington D.C., Wall Street firms are poised to pay record bonuses for 2009.Financial firms are on track to pay over $145 billion in bonuses for 2009, according to estimates from

Banks Still Coping With Credit Crisis "Hangover," WSJ's Craig Says


JPMorgan Chase kicked off bank earnings season Friday with a loud thud. Quarterly profit quadrupled to $3.3 billion but revenue was worse than expected thanks to rising consumer credit costs."The devil was in the details," says Wall Street Journ

Bonuses "Nightmare" for Washington: Can Big Shareholders Save the Day?


With foreclosures rising and unemployment at 10%, it's no surprise America is in the grips of "bonus bonanza backlash."As Wall Street prepares to announce what could be

Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Wall Street's Memo to Meredith Whitney: You're So 2009


Need more evidence the bulls are in command on Wall Street? Look no further than Meredith Whitney. Tuesday, the lionized banking analyst lowered her forecast on Goldman Sachs. Guess what? The stock ended the day higher.

Come On Ben Bernanke, Come Clean!


Say it ain't so Ben. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke recently blamed lax regulation for the financial crisis -- not the Fed's easy money policies, which encouraged profligate spending from Wall Street traders to American consumers. ...

Wall Street Wins Again? Democrats Dodd, Dorgan to Retire


The planned retirements of Democratic Senators, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut is a potential blow to President Obama's agenda. ...

"A Huge Move": Gold Could Double in Next 5-10 Years, Miller Tabak's Roth Says


For most of 2009, shorting the dollar and going long gold was a one-way bet to increased wealth. But gold stumbled more than 10% in December as the Dollar Index mounted a rally, leading some to determine a reversal of trend had arrived.But there's been no

Google's Nexus One Is Bold New Face in Super-Smartphones


From All Things Digital, January 5, 2010:Google
this week is taking two dramatic steps to try to catapult devices using
its Android mobile operating system into stronger competition with
Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and Research in Motionls (RIMM)

Expect Interest Rate Hike in June, Economist Chris Rupkey Says


With interest rates at historic lows and the economy recovering, a question is -- when will Ben Bernanke and team finally raise interest rates?"June is the final time" for rock-bottom rates and a likely rate hike, says our guest Chris Rupkey, ch

Trend Still Up But 2010 Is Not Going to Be Great, Philip Roth Says


The stock market's trend is still higher and investors should give the rally the benefit of the doubt but "I don't think 2010 is gonna be a great year," says Philip Roth, Miller Tabak's chief technical market analyst.Roth is far from a megabear,

Google's Nexus One on Verizon in Spring 2010


From The Business Insider, January 5, 2009:Google's "superphone," the Nexus One, will be available on Verizon Wireless this spring.
You can go to its store right now and order one.
Unlocked, the phone is $529. With a 2 year T-Mobile plan, the

Oil Could "Easily" Hit $90: Energy Key to 2010 Stock Market, Philip Roth Says


Oil truly is "black gold" these days. Oil futures have climbed for nine straight sessions, rallying about 12% in that time.

Phil Roth, chief technical market analyst with Miller Tabak, sees plenty of reasons not to bet against the trend. E