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February turned out to be a solid month for investors despite volatility sparked by rising concerns about Greece’s pressing financing needs and the pace of the global economic recovery. Throughout the month, those fears often alternated with a focus on corporate earnings and reassurances from Federal Reserve officials that interest rates would remain low, producing eight triple-digit daily point swings in the Dow. Concerns over policy in the euro zone continued to simmer, keeping market gains in check, with the European Union pushing Greece to adopt new austerity measures to reduce its budget deficit, according to a senior government official. Your participation access with Journal Community has been disabled due to violation of Journal Community Guidelines. read more

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Earnings are always depressed as the economy is emerging from a recession, and because of that the P/E ratio balloons just at the time that a new bull market is very like to be taking off. The stock market’s current valuation is not that far away from the long-term averages, which suggests that the best bet might be for the market to produce returns that are close to stocks’ long-term average as well. Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real Time Services , a division of Interactive Data Corp. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data . read more

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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will promise to cut the 16-year-high budget deficit in his budget speech tomorrow, according to the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi and Morgan Stanley economist Chetan Ahya. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s administration, which won reelection last year, will also aim to avoid stifling an economic rebound that’s yet to produce earnings gains for DLF Ltd. Learn Effective Internet Marketing Strategies While Earning a Bachelor's Online! Learn Effective Internet Marketing Strategies While Earning Your Masters Online! read more

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South Korea’s consumer confidence index declined for the first time in four months, dropping to 111 in February from 113 in January, after the nation’s unemployment rate soared to a 10- year high. The nation’s benchmark Kospi index lost 1 percent. The Dubai Financial Market General Index fell 1. Learn Effective Internet Marketing Strategies While Earning a Bachelor's Online! read more

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will pitch his bid to revamp the U. The struggle between a strong economic recovery and the prospect of higher interest rates could dampen stocks. Hockey, speedskating and Alpine skiing dominate the schedule during weekend action as the Winter Games continue in Vancouver. Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. read more

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Stocks, Dollar Gain as Views Change on Rate Hike – NYTimes. NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained broadly and stocks edged higher worldwide on Friday after investors swept aside negative views of a surprise move by the U. Stocks on Wall Street closed out their best week of the year after a zig-zag session as investors weighed the Federal Reserve decision late Thursday to raise its discount rate for banks by one-quarter percentage point to 0. Treasuries rebounded, too, from early losses as bond investors took comfort in comments by Fed officials who said the rate hike did not herald a shift in monetary policy and that borrowing costs would remain low. Charles Lieberman, chief investment officer of Advisors Capital Management in Paramus, New Jersey, said the Fed action “would suggest a recovering economy, and a financial system that can withstand higher interest rates. Gold prices reversed early losses, fuelled by the stronger dollar as investors bought the metal to hedge against currency volatility and debt default risks in Europe. read more

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Canadian stocks ended the week higher, getting help on Friday from gains in the energy and metals sectors, and capping eight sessions of gains. Smith International shares rallied more than 14% Friday, pacing gains on the Philadelphia Oil Service Index on a day when most energy stocks are in the red. Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real Time Services , a division of Interactive Data Corp. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data . MarketWatch Community is a free service that lets you discover, organize and share MarketWatch stories with other readers. read more

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LONDON—European stocks were trading slightly lower Friday, but were recovering from initial lows, with investors less negative on the Federal Reserve’s move to increase the discount rate than their Asian peers. The FTSE slipped after the Office of National Statistics said according to its new headline index, which for the first time included fuel sales, retail sales fell 1. In further negative news, European construction stocks were hit after one of the largest cement producers in the world, Lafarge , announced a 54% drop in full-year net profit. Earlier Friday, Asian shares were lower and most stocks tied to the economic cycle were down amid rising expectations that a hike in the Fed’s main policy rate could follow sooner than many had anticipated. read more

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