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News of Germany's slowing economy caused investors to sell-off today, ending a three-session streak of gains. Positive news from retailers, Fitch Ratings, and the Fed helped to pare losses.

China's copper imports fell 2.8 percent in June from the previous month, hitting a 4-month low as weak seasonal demand dampened buying amid a slow domestic economy. China's export sales unexpectedly rose for the first time in four months in June and imports fell again but posted their best performance this year, causing some optimism tepid trade flows are picking up. Today MCX launches its new contract- Gold Global. It is a Cash Settled contract, excludes custom duty, taxes and Domestic premium/discount... Read more here: http://www.pinnaclefinancial.in/blog/mcx-started-gold-global-contract-today/

Stocks have now crossed over to represent losses for the year. With the economy slowing and no new stimulus in sight, investors are growing fearful of a major downturn.

Dual problems haunt global equity markets - Euro-zone sovereign debt issues and slowing economies here and abroad. Uncertainty = high risk

Financials industrial and energy stocks lead losers today as news that Germany's economy is struggling caused investors to worry whether slowed economic expansion would affect demand.

A recent round of earnings indicates retailers have been experiencing considerable success in spite of global economic slowing and pressure on consumer spending. Multi-category department stores have seen especially strong sales.

The FOMC says economic growth remains slow with continued weakness likely in overall labor market conditions, meaning unemployment levels will remain elevated.

Agriculture stocks have been declining in light of a slowing global economy lately, but is that enough to counteract the demands of global population growth?

The growing threat of default by Greece on its debt is the big factor driving China stocks sharply lower (along with other stocks around the world). Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 3.4% Tuesday and has plummeted 7.6% in the last two days. A default by Greece looms so large, it's almost easy to forget that there are China factors at work also adding to selling pressure.

Medicinal Cannabis separates itself from many other investments in that it is largely recession proof. While many companies have suffered through a slow recovery General Cannabis has experienced continued growth.

Hong Kong stocks slumped in extremely slow trading ahead of a speech to be given by U.S. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke early Friday, U.S. time. Hope that Bernanke would announce another round of easy money policies helped blue chips.

Hong Kong and Chinese blue chips continued this weeks' surge Thursday morning but fell back in the afternoon after approaching strong technical resistance.

The market erased early gains with the Sensex falling 101.53 points to 26984.40 and the Nifty losing 27.10 points to 8068.85 weighed down by private banking and financials, auto and healthcare stocks. Midcap and Smallcap stocks seems to have a good buying trend among slowness in heavyweights stocks. The BSE midcap index rose 0.5 per cent and smallcap index by 1 per cent. Pharma, power, auto and bank stocks have selling pressure. But oil & gas, IT, Consumer Durables, metal, capital goods and realty stocks have buying trends.

Silver was up 0.2 percent at $1,169.26 an ounce. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose only modestly last week, indicating the labor market remained on solid footing despite slowing economic growth. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 291,000 for the week ended March 14, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Claims for the prior week were revised to show 1,000 more applications received than previously reported. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims rising to 292,000 last week. A Labor Department analyst said there was nothing unusual in the state-level data. Claims have bounced around for much of the winter as harsh weather either depressed or boosted filings. But through the volatility, the trend remained consistent with a strengthening jobs market. Read more- http://mcxhnitips.blogspot.in/2015/03/commodity-face-with-mcx-call-for-today.html

Industrial growth slowed to 1.7 per cent in December from 3.9 per cent in November, owing to low consumer durable goods and mining output, while CPI inflation rose to 5.11 per cent in January from 4.28 per cent in December. In the new base adjusted series, besides changes in the weight of items and groups, CSO now uses geometric mean for computing inflation from the arithmetic mean used in the previous series. The Reserve Bank of India has set a target of restricting inflation to eight per cent by January 2015 and six per cent in January 2016. Get Today's Trading suggestions here- http://commodityonlinetradingtips.blogspot.in/2015/02/stock-call-for-today-buy-ultratech.html

This article discusses a handful of penny stocks with exposure to potential Alzheimer's disease treatments. The bullish sympathy trend has come to light following late-breaking news on Tuesday that Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Eisai Co.'s experimental Alzheimer's drug significantly slowed the progression of the disease in a large study. The 18-month, Phase 3 study of 1,800 patients tested the treatment on early-stage Alzheimer's patients. 4 more Alzheimer's stocks to watch

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Stocks are trading lower today despite lawmakers announcing a potential debt deal agreement that could raise the borrowing cap and prevent a U.S. default.

The persistence of the market's volatility could mean gold and related stocks stay high long-term. The trend will benefit Samarata Mining (SAX.V) which is currently exploring the gold potential in several promising properties...

Samaranta mining Corp. is well positioned for a rise in the current economic climate. The company is currently in the advanced investigation stage of its properties in Colombia.