Author: Patti Domm

Greece’s weakened banks are relying on emergency liquidity assistance and will not be able to use the European Central Bank’s conventional monetary policy operations until they recapitalize.    Read More

Comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel that she wants Greece to stay in the euro zone helped give a lift to oversold equities and curbed some buying interest in Treasury bonds.   Read More

With Europe’s latest crisis keeping markets on edge, investors are hoping to find clues as to what might tip the Fed towards more easing in Wednesday’s release of Fed meeting minutes.   Read More

Wall Street could get a chance to show just how much it ‘likes’ Facebook in the week ahead.    Read More

JPMorgan Chase’s derivatives trading blunder will weigh on financial stocks Friday and could be a negative for markets as traders sort out the impact.   Read More

Cisco’s disappointing outlook and weekly jobless claims may serve as distractions to a market that will otherwise be focused on Europe.   Read More

So far, Europe’s latest sovereign ills have not spread, but traders are watching the euro zone banks since they would be the first to carry the germs of financial contagion.    Read More

Europe’s debt crisis could generate more turbulence Wednesday, as traders continue to debate where the U.S. stock market might find a floor.   Read More

An uncertain path forward for post-election Greece put the spotlight back on Europe’s debt crisis, sending global stock markets lower and commodities careening in a massive risk off trade.    Read More

One of the last few flurries of first quarter earnings news will hit a market Tuesday that will split its focus between the latest headlines from Europe and the domestic economy and earnings.   Read More