GLOBAL MARKETS

In my mind it was just one of those raids that we experience from time to time. There was no particular reason for it. And then we end up with 5 margin rate increases. It just reeks of someone manipulating the price of silver down.

Alarmingly frequent bubbles and busts in copper, wheat, crude oil, silver and pretty much all other natural resources might now be the collateral damage of QE

The two hottest personalities in the hedge fund industry just disagreed about the hottest investment in the world.

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) was slammed by the market on Tuesday after posting inline results, but a reduction in its full-year outlook.

The bull market that began in March 2009 may be over, warned a report from Standard & Poor’s.

U.S. stocks declined in early trade on Tuesday as weaker-than-expected housing data and disappointing results from Hewlett-Packard weighed on the sentiment.

Lionhead Studios released the much-awaited PC version of Fable III on Tuesday, which is the third game in the Fable series of action role-playing game. The game has been published by Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 platforms. The PC version, for the first time, will come with a Hardcore mode and 3D functionality which is not found in the Xbox 360 version.

European finance ministers are finally talking about a Greek debt default, something the market already sees as inevitable.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Gulf Resources, Sino Clean Energy, Photronics, A123 Systems, and Vodafone Group. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Clean Energy Fuels, Cree, Dell, Intel, and L & L Energy.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: VF Corp, Domino's, Saks, Cliffs Natural Resources, Carnival, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Douglas Dynamics, Hewlett-Packard, Western Refining and Phoenix New Media Ltd.

Gold Bullion prices were little changed below $1500 per ounce on Tuesday morning, but fell for non-US investors as the Dollar eased back on the currency market and European equity markets cut their earlier losses.

Apple's iPhone 5 would have an 8 megapixel camera and a redesigned antenna, but it may not have feature the LTE and NFC capabilities.

Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will get a new Facebook Chat option in the coming months after the Mango update is established by Microsoft, a report by the company revealed.

Jefferies analyst Peter Misek has listed five key risks that could impede Apple's dominance.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Gushan Environmental Energy, China Digital TV Holding, Phoenix New Media, Gammon Gold and Beazer Homes USA. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Douglas Dynamics, Western Refining, Hewlett-Packard, Endeavor International Corp and Gerdau S.A.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Gulf Resources, Sino Clean Energy, Photronics, ChinaCast Education, On Track Innovations, and Novellus Systems. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Metabolix, Callidus Software, TICC Capital, Integrated Device Technology, and AVEO Pharmaceuticals.

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

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.

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.