ECONOMY & MARKETS

Stanley Druckenmiller and Bill Gross are two of the most accomplished individuals in the investment world. They also hold opposite opinions on the US Treasuries market.

Credit Suisse have addressed five recurring concerns troubling the investors of Apple.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: CNinsure, Telestone Technologies, EnerNOC, Tranzyme and SIGA Technologies. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Sina Corp, ANADIGICS, ARM Holdings, NASDAQ OMX Group and Baidu.

Following are the Oppenheimer's top equity ideas for May. The stocks are based on their view of the company's fundamentals in the context of current market conditions.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Monday are: Ford Motor, Caterpillar, Sandisk, NYSE Euronext, Lowes Companies, Advanced Micro Devices, Peabody Energy and Carnival Corp.

China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telecom) and Research in Motion (RIM), the perpetual developer of the BlackBerry smartphone, has announced plans to start BlackBerry services for small commercial organizations in China, a report in RIM website said. The companies will be launching the Blackberry Bold 9650 smartphone

President Barack Obama wants more domestic oil drilling, including off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico.

The stock market performance of major stock indices in 2011 may shock you. One of the best-performing markets is the US. That’s right – the lumbering, deficit ridden, and low-growth giant.

US stocks closed modestly down despite solid data as the market continues to exhibit risk aversion.

Over the past decade, the number of middle class jobs has fallen by about ten percent. There is a reason for this. America is becoming poorer. The economic pie is shrinking. When we ship 40 to 50 billion dollars into the hands of foreigners every single month, that means that there is a lot less wealth for all of us to divide up.

Many describe 2011 as a period of “heightened uncertainty” for the global economy because there are so many things than can go seriously wrong.

Investors seem to be scared of the end of QE2 on June 30, 2011

Wedbush Securities said the Digital Hollywood surveyed respondents are bullish on Facebook advertising growth next year (2012) with median response of up 35 percent while average was up 63 percent.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Eastman Kodak, Tyco International, Dean Foods, Agilent Technologies, Dillard's, Aetna, General Mills, Valero Energy, El Paso Pipeline, Lexington Realty and Robert Half International.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Vermillion, Penson Worldwide, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Expedia, and Randgold Resources. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Nvidia, Yahoo!, BioMimetic Therapeutics, ShoreTel, and Logitech International.

Total digital music sales in the UK have hit £1 billion barrier for the first time since the launch of legal online music service in 2004.

Barclays Capital continues to believe Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) moves could actually be a good thing for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The brokerage reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Apple with a price target of $465.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Tree.Com, Vermillion, Velti, Star Bulk Carriers, and Penson Worldwide. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Imris, Andatee China Marine Fuel Services, Celldex Therapeutics, Universal Display, Winn-Dixie Stores, Yahoo!, and Nvidia.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are: Darling International, Eastman Kodak, Novartis AG, Giant Interactive Group, First Majestic Silver and Venoco. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Scorpio Tankers, El Paso Pipeline Partners, Lexington Realty Trust, Tower International, Nordstrom and H&R Block.

The US dollar's reserve currency status is challenged by the Chinese yuan and gold, said experts in the financial industry.

Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC, partly in jest, suggested that investors should consider selling their stocks around July 2011.

Stocks, led by defensive shares, rebounded from prior session losses, as commodities also clawed back higher.

Fifty percent of people believe the US stock market will drop more than 30 percent in the next 12 months, according to the latest Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index poll.

Anne Gudefin, PIMCO’s global equities portfolio manager, likes gold.

As the Greek debt crisis continues to worsen, the euro looks poised to slip further.

U.S. stocks declined in early trade on Thursday as disappointing outlook from Cisco Systems and lower commodity prices weighed.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Thursday are: Flotek Industries, Symantec Corp, CVS Caremark, TJX Companies, Northstar Realty Finance, Silvercorp Metals, Cisco Systems, Nvidia, Emerson Electric, AU Optronics and Iamgold Corp.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: IncrediMail, VeriSign, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Symantec, and JetBlue Airways. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Wilshire Bancorp, Cisco Systems, Shire, ARM Holdings, and Sohu.com.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Dynavox, Sino Clean Energy, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, Toreador Resources, and VeriSign. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Clearwire, Cisco Systems, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Gulfport Energy, and Aeterna Zentaris.