Chinese Shares Slip Into a Bear Market

Chinese Shares Slip Into a Bear MarketGold Silver Reports ~ Chinese shares fell into a bear market for the second time in seven months, wiping out gains from an unprecedented state rescue amid waning confidence in the government’s ability to manage the country’s markets and economy.

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The Bear Is Alive And Well

The Bear Is Alive And WellGold Silver Reports ~ Intense selling returned to Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday, pushing the Dow down 365 points and slicing 3.4% off of the tech-packed Nasdaq, dashing hopes for a third straight day of gains on Wall Street and extending the financial pain in what has been a horrific start to the year.

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Is It A Dead Cat Bounce?

Is It A Dead Cat Bounce? Stock MarketGold Silver Reports ~ After an early, rough start Thursday, stocks finally shot higher with the Dow jumping more than 300 points before moderating its gains after Wednesday’s brutal sell-off that sent the broad

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Not A Horrible Day In The Market, But No Sunshine

Not A Horrible Day In The Market, But No Sunshine

Gold Silver Reports ~ The stock market closed mixed on Monday, a welcome respite from what has been the worst start to a year ever on Wall~Street, though the plunge in oil continued and sent crude rates to levels last seen in 2003. Stocks initially shrugged off more turbulence in the mainland China stock market overnight, where shares plunged 5.3% after last week’s 10% drubbing on growth fears, and jumped at the open only to see the gains evaporate at midday and then recover again late in the session.

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Stocks Slip With Crude Oil

Stocks Slip With Crude OilGold Silver Reports ~ Stocks extended last week’s global rout, oil dropped and the South African rand led a slump in emerging-market currencies as China’s efforts to stabilize the yuan failed to halt losses in equities.

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Lenovo kills Motorola

#CES2016 Lenovo kills Motorola; It will now be Moto by Lenovo https://t.co/Keq5YlqVnp, says @ShrutiDhaps pic.twitter.com/WjP8PYG8jL — Express Technology (@expresstechie) January 8, 2016

Wall Street Entered The 2nd day of Trading of 2016

Gold Silver Reports >>> Wall Street entered the second day of trading of 2016 on the defensive as investors still reeled from a global stock sell-off Monday and evaluated the most recent steps taken by Chinese authorities to stabilize markets and reduce jitters.

Overnight, shares in mainland China stabilized with the help once again from government intervention in markets a day after a 7% plunge prompted an early halt to trading in what was the worst start to the year ever for China stocks.

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Will Equities See Muted Gains In 2016?

Gold Silver Reports – The year 2016 is likely to see a slow start, similar to what was witnessed in the last couple of years, due to some additional slowdown in manufacturing, said Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities.

The forward looking data on manufacturing is still pointing to additional deceleration – new orders data looks horrible, while the US economy failed to record any growth in industrial production in 2015. A lot of people try to minimize the troubles in the factory-sector arguing manufacturing is a small part of the economy, but it still accounts for the bulk of the swing in GDP from quarter-to-quarter.

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Tokyo Trading After The Sankei

Gold Silver Reports – Takata Corp. surged the most in more than a year in Tokyo trading after the Sankei newspaper reported that Japanese automakers may provide support to the air-bag maker to safeguard access to its technology.

The report said the companies may jointly invest in Takata, spread the recall claims against the air-bag maker over several years and postpone their demands for price cuts for parts. Honda Motor Co., the automaker most affected by the recalls, said it’s waiting for the results of the investigation into the root cause of the defect and isn’t planning to extend aid or invest in Takata, according to spokesman Teruhiko Tatebe.

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