The grass is always greener in the future

Stocks lost more ground today over worries that European troubles and a slowing Chinese economy could weigh on earnings. Helping to prompt those worries was Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) earnings warning that its second-quarter sales fell because of lower demand from China and Europe. The chipmaker’s shares fell 11%, while the broader Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 2%.

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The grass is always greener in the future

A Modest Proposal

The economy added only 80,000 new jobs to the nation’s nonfarm payrolls in June, according to the Labor Department. Many economists were expecting stronger growth in the jobs market, especially following ADP’s jobs report on Thursday that said private businesses added 176,000 new jobs in June. The Labor Department’s calculation is frequently at odds with ADP’s assessment and can be adjusted in a later report. The unemployment rate remained at 8.2% in June…. Read more:  A modest proposal

2012 mid-year outlook: Looking past the cliff–Part 1

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2012 mid-year outlook: Looking past the cliff–Part 1