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MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Halt Record Run On Fed Talk

U.S. stocks declined Thursday, halting the S&P 500's four-session winning streak, after a Federal Reserve official said the central bank could begin tamping back on monetary easing as soon as this summer.Equities fell to session lows as Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said Fed bond purchases could be reduced if the economy continues to improve.Ahead of the Williams speech, delivered in Portland, Ore., Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said the Fed should cut its purchases of mortgage-backed securities, with the goal of eliminating them entirely as the year continues."Today we had a whole series of negative reports and a couple of Fed officials out there basically commenting that maybe it's time to start easing up on the whole quantitative easing program," said Dave Heidel, regional investment manager for the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank Wealth Management.The bull market, now in its fifth year, has been fueled by corporate earnings that have exceeded e...

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  2. Treasurys Rise On Trio Of Weak Data

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  3. CPI falls on gasoline; biggest drop in four years

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  4. U.S. Consumer Prices Fall 0.4% In April

    U.S. consumer prices fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in April, as sharply lower gasoline costs offset a small increase in food prices, the Labor Department said Thur...

  5. Inflation Falls in April as Energy Prices Plunge

    A sharp drop in gasoline costs led U.S. consumer prices to tumble in April by the most in over four years, while a gauge of underlying inflation was so weak it could...

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  7. BOND REPORT: Treasurys Extend Fall On Retail-sales Growth

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  8. Gold Settles Lower For a Third Session In a Row

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  9. EUROPE MARKETS: Europe Stocks Retreat From 2013 High

    European stock markets retreated from a 2013 high on Monday after a mixed bag of Chinese data highlighted growth concerns in the world's second largest economy.A sur...

  10. Mixed signals for the global economy

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  11. MARKET SNAPSHOT: Stock Rally's Burden Shifts To The Consumer

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  12. Wall Street Week Ahead: 'Sell in May and Go Away?' Not This Year

    With the Dow and the S&P 500 setting another string of record closing highs this week, the old Wall Street adage "Sell in May and Go Away" is starting to look weak.C...

  1. MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks In Mild Retreat From Record Highs

    U.S. stocks wobbled on Thursday as any attempt at a selloff only served to lure in sidelined retail investors."We've had very few down days, or they are shallow down...

  2. Oil Futures Settle Higher, Reclaim $95 a Barrel

    Oil futures ended higher on Thursday, rising above $95 a barrel on the back of a weaker dollar, despite disappointing U.S. economic data. Weekly jobless claims rose ...

  3. MARKET SNAPSHOT: Cisco's Big Gain Underpins U.S. Stocks

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  4. Fed's Not Concerned About Falling Inflation: WSJ

    Federal Reserve officials are not concerned about the sharp drops in a variety of inflation measures, The Wall Street Journal's Jon Hilsenrath wrote Thursday. The Fe...

  5. Market Wrap for Thursday, May 16: A Small Pullback For U.S. Stocks as Economic Data Disappoints

    Stocks pulled back late on Thursday as bullish sentiment could not overcome disappointing economic reports. Initial jobless claims, housing starts and a reading of t...

  6. Another Spring Slowdown?

    The latest batch of economic indicators released on Thursday is likely to bolster concerns that the U.S. economy is in jeopardy of succumbing to yet another spring s...

  7. MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Little Moved, But Cisco Rallies

    U.S. stocks wobbled on Thursday as a midmorning selloff lured in sidelined retail investors."There is still a lot of money out there that needs to find a home. The g...

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