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...US stocks rose as the Fed chair spoke, with the S&P up 1.1 per cent on the day and the Nasdaq Composite rising 1.6 per cent....
...The trade dispute with China and the US presidential election are two of the biggest wild cards in the market, according to Darrell Cronk, president of the Wells Fargo Investment Institute....
...“We do not view last week’s equity-market correction as reflecting a change in the fundamental outlook, but rather as a normal and healthy correction in an improving macroeconomic landscape,” Darrell Cronk...
...Among other big name retirees with no announced plans are Jeb Hensarling, Bob Goodlatte, Joe Barton, Ed Royce, Darrell Issa and Rodney Frelinghuysen. Some of them are in safe seats....
...Darrell Huff's 1954 book How to Lie with Statistics remains a doleful presence in the debate. I suspect that book may need an update, but it raises some fascinating questions....
...“Uncertainty around the government does not help to attract new money,” said Darrell Wheeler, head of research at S&P....
...global structured finance research at S&P....
...“The market is cautious,” says Darrell Wheeler, head of structured finance research at S&P Global Ratings....
...This makes it less likely that the riskier slices of debt will be granted a rating, said Darrell Wheeler, head of global structured finance research at S&P....
...) Markets data: Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -161.65 (-1.00%) at 16,027 Topix down -13.42 (-1.02%) at 1,298 Hang Seng down -264.58 (-1.37%) at 19,100 ASX 200 up +0.97 (+0.02%) at 4,881 US markets S&P...
...Council members cited an S&P credit rating upgrade to A- and the price UIL was willing to pay as reasons to hold on to the utility rather than sell it....
...Darrell Wheeler, head of CMBS strategy at Amherst Securities, said: “At the end of the day, rating agencies’ credibility is obviously shot, so if you’re looking at CMBS deals, why wouldn’t you want to draw...
...It is worth stressing that in Roger Guy and Darrell O’Dea, the funds will still have two extremely well regarded managers....
...The benchmark S&P 500 index closed up 0.7 per cent to 900.94 and the Nasdaq Composite index was 1.6 per cent higher at 1,792.34....
...For equities, managers look at the MSCI series of indices and the S&P, while for commodities managers often use indices by Goldman Sachs, Dow Jones and Deutsche Bank....
...Psychologists say there are at least three ways executives botch decision in times of economic stress,” says Bain’s Darrell Rigby, who has studied downturns since 1987....
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