Good Sunday morning, and welcome to Weekend Reading. As always, here are some articles and papers worth reading. First, however, a look back at the week that just finished, and a look forward to the week ahead.
It was a down week on the major markets, with all three major U.S. indices declining. The Dow Jones Industrials Average lost 0.57%, the S&P 500 fell 0.60% and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.65%.
Looking forward to next week, it's likely to be choppy, with crude oil playing the spoiler role. Now that the commodity has rebroken the $60-a-barrel mark, all eyes are on it and the factors that could boost its price: growing tension with Iran over that country's nuclear program, Iran's apparent supplying of weapons to Iraqi insurgents and the reduction in Nigerian exports. ...
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| Dow Jones | S&P 500 | NASDAQ | 10-Year Note | |
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| 10,474.45 | 1,108.75 | 2,174.24 | 32.47 |
Oil *
79.52
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UP
129.61
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UP
13.12
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UP
29.64
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UP
0.46
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10 Yr
3.25%
SPDR Gold
117.63
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+1.25%
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+1.20%
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+1.38%
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+1.44%
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