Microsoft report lifts Asian friday markets

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Asian markets ended the week up helped by the Microsoft report coming in at 51 cents per share which is better than analyst projections at 46 cents per share. Sales amounted to 16 billion dollars.
High demand for computers and Microsoft products fuels the good figures but Microsoft still battles for a foothold in the online [...]

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Weak Dow opening on mixed global markets?

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Last week limped along as per our expectations but seems to have surprised quite a lot of traders. Once again, we hover dangerously around the 10.000 mark with weak reports coming in somewhat under projected results.
On Monday Asia continued backtracking while European markets a couple of hours into trading are treading water around the flatline [...]

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Get ready for a extreme stock trading Friday

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The Dow has been under severe pressure this week and the hopeful forecasts of ending the week around 10000 are going nowhere.
Heads-up on the NFP numbers rolling in Friday the 2:nd which may give the markets another push. NFP is not looking as good as hoped.

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US Futures down on Greece is Spain next?

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Dow Live Report: The Greek financial scandal is, as expected, strating to affect markets outside EU. Before opening, the Dow futures are down nearly 50 points. Asia also showed red numbers. Currently, the Euro is under self-inflicted pressure and depending upon how stable the other members are (or not) repercussions may have a substantial effect [...]

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