Markets await Fed minutes for rate move hints
Investors expect a June rate hike to 1.0 1.25 percent range and study the May minutes for clues on shrinking the four trillion dollar bond portfolio. Analysts say the Fed aims to ease the transition by framing bond sales carefully to limit market disruption.
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Huntsman to be bought by Clariant in $6.4 billion deal
Huntsman will exchange 1.2196 Clariant shares per Huntsman share in an all stock merger valued at about $6.4 billion. The move follows the merger plan as Huntsman shares slipped. Sears Holdings also gains time to repay debt as Cascade Investment and MetLife back pension obligations. Lululemon faces online shopping woes after a power outage crashes the site as it pursues online growth. May 23.
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Market metrics show VIX and P E ratio notes
The CBOE Volatility Index signals expected market volatility from S&P 500 option pricing while the trailing twelve month operating earnings frame the S P 500 price to earnings ratio as a key valuation gauge.
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Sears Moves Toward Profitability With Loan Delays
Sears Holdings plans to delay repaying 400 million of a 500 million loan until January 2018 with an option to push to July 2019. It will let subsidiaries repay 100 million in July and is selling real estate, closing 150 stores plus 30 more, and shedding brands to cut debt and pension obligations while facing pressure from online competition.
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