Gold set for best week in two months on U.S. stimulus hopes

SINGAPORE, Reuters(18/10) -- Gold, trading near one-week highs on Friday, was headed for its best weekly gain in two months on hopes that uncertainties in Washington would delay a stimulus tapering after U.S. lawmakers reached only a temporary budget deal.Spot gold eased 0.2 percent to $1,316.31 an ounce by 0015 GMT, after gaining 3 percent in the previous session. Gold has added 3.5 percent for the week, largely on Thursday's gains. After Congress...

Saham A.S Naik Lebih Tinggi, Rekor Penutupan S&P

NEW YORK (18/10) - MarketWatch – Sebagian besar saham A.S naik dihari Kamis, membawa index S&P 500 menuju kepada sebuah rekor penutupan, seiring dengan beralihnya Wall Street dari drama fiskal yang terkini pada Capitol Hill hingga laba perusahaan yang termasuk hasil yang melebihi ekspektasi dari Verizon Communications Inc.Sementara itu saham Dow Jones Industrial Average melemah 2.18 poin berada dilevel 15,371.65, index S&P 500 bertambah...

U.S. stocks mostly higher; record finish for S&P

NEW YORK (18/10) - MarketWatch -- U.S. stocks mostly rose on Thursday, carrying the S&P 500 to a record close, as Wall Street turned from the latest fiscal drama on Capitol Hill to corporate earnings that included better-than-expected results from Verizon Communications Inc.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 2.18 points at 15,371.65. The S&P 500 index added 11.61 points, or 0.7%, to 1,733.15. The Nasdaq Composite gained 23.71 points,...

The Fed, Evan Katakan Terlalu Cepat untuk Langkah Pengurangan

WASHINGTON (18/10) - MarketWatch – Masih terlalu dini bagi pihak the Fed untuk mengurangi laju dari program pembelian asset, menurut pernyataan dari Charles Evans, ketua dari the Fed Chicago dihari Kamis.“Data yang ada masih kurang definitif untuk mengatakan bahwa saat ini waktu untuk menyesuaikan tingkat arus pembelian QE3,” dalam pidatonya pada konferensi real estate di Madison, Wis.Evan mengatakan bahwa bukannya tidak mungkin untuk memprediksi...

Fed's Evans says still too soon to taper

WASHINGTON (18/10) - MarketWatch - It is still too soon for the Federal Reserve to reduce the pace of its asset purchase program, said Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Fed, on Thursday. 'The data are still not definitive enough to say that now is time to adjust the QE3 flow purchase rate,' Evans said in a speech to a real estate conference in Madison,Wis. Evans said it is not possible to predict the timing of changes to the asset...