U.S. Markets
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News That Moved the Market
Stocks Fizzle Out. A late sell-off ensured the market would finish lower; one day after the Dow was up more than 4%. Stocks did trade higher for a large part of the session, but could not gain any momentum and looked overextended after huge gains yesterday. Oil topped $110/barrel for the first time, despite a greater than expected build in inventories. Instead of trading lower, investors seemed to have a "buy on the dip" mentality, pushing oil up another $1.17 to finish at $109.92. Government data showed speculators and fund managers are making bets for higher oil, with net long positions tripling in the last month. The rally should end when hedge funds and speculators decide to start taking profits, and will depend less on economic data, as exhibited today.
Target In Talks To Sell Half of Credit Card Division. Mega-retailer Target (TGT, -0.95% day; +1.45% A.H.) announced after the close it is in negotiations to sell about half of its credit-card loans for $4 billion. The potential acquirer was not named. The money could be used for stock buybacks, increasing shareholder value, and would create more stability on Target's balance sheet.
Quick Tics:
Caterpillar (CAT, +3.6%) and G.E. (GE, +1.7%) were both up after each company released positive outlooks…
Eliot Spitzer resigned as New York Governor after news surfaced yesterday of his connection to a prostitution ring…
Humana (HUM, -13.7%) dropped after cutting its earnings outlook.
Tomorrow Notable Earnings
Aeropostale, Inc. (ARO) Time Not Supplied
Economic Events:
8:30 AM: Retail Sales
8:30 AM: Jobless Claims
8:30 AM: Import and Export Prices
10:00 AM: Business Inventories
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