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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for October 23, 2012

by Rose Greene, CFP on October 23, 2012

Battle of the Central Banks Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights Among the events vying for investors’ attention this week will be the Federal Reserve meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nearly all of the world’s major central banks have each engaged in a battle to provide aggressive stimulus of similar size relative [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for October 2, 2012

by Rose Greene, CFP on October 2, 2012

A Fiscal New Year’s Resolution Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The new fiscal year likely brings another trillion in U.S. federal debt to add to the mounting total. Federal debt held by the public has doubled from five years ago, before the financial crisis and Great Recession. The big buyers of [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for September 25, 2012

by Rose Greene, CFP on September 25, 2012

Global Profit Recession Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights This quarter is shaping up to be the worst quarter for corporate profits in three years when the recovery was just getting underway, as the United States joins Europe and China in experiencing falling profits. The currently sluggish U.S. economy, European recession, and [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for September 11, 2012

by Rose Greene, CFP on September 11, 2012

Predicted Policy Positives Priced In, Producing Potential for Precarious Pitfalls Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The series of economic policy actions in the United States, China, and Europe have already had a powerful positive impact in the markets. The policy events this week are: Germany’s constitutional court ruling, possible aid for [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for August 21, 2012

by Rose Greene, CFP on August 21, 2012

Fall Forward Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The past two years indicate that major policy actions must take place in the coming weeks in the United States and Europe to emerge from the soft spot and push the economy forward in the fall. The coming weeks hold the potential for policy [...]
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