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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1974
Page
6
New York Stock Exchange stocks traded actively at 2 pm with price quotes for numerous issues. The list shows bid and last prices for many blue chips and industrials, including Am Airlines, Exxon, CocaCola, IBM, CocaCola, General Electric, and General Motors, reflecting broad market movements.
In Vail Colorado First Lady Betty Ford says she has not yet made any New Year's resolutions. She adds she avoids them because she believes she will break them and would aim to think before she speaks if she did resolve.
The page lists numerous tickers and figures from the American Stock Exchange including firms like Petroty, Brascan, Circle K, Dome Petro, Ford, Frontier Air, Husky, Lee NatlCp, and PacNW. It shows bid ask last prices and percentage changes across a dense, chaotic table of equities.
Commodity closing quotes courtesy of Madda Trading Company Inc list London gold at 195.08 up 3.00, silver 4.627 down 0.07, platinum 178.00 up 1.00, copper 0.584 up 0.19, wheat 4.5612 up 0.06, corn 3.399 up 0.09, soybeans 6.97 up 0.01, live cattle 39.80 up 0.10, live hogs 42.12 unchanged, pork bellies 61.90 down 1.50, fresh eggs 56.05 up 1.95, Maine potatoes 4.40 up 0.10, cotton 37.05 up 0.01, plywood 410.50 down 2.00, sugar 0.4572 up 0.01. Market status notes job market not yet closed on some items.
The Dow Jones indices show industrials at 602.32, down 2.42 points. Transport average at 141.33, off 0.19. Utilities up 0.10 to 66.59 and the 65 Stocks index at 195.34, down 0.49.
The piece argues the gold market could become orderly within a volatile global setup as central banks may buy on dips and sell on spikes. It cites Wolman and Russell on price bands around 160 to 200 dollars and notes doubts about a free market amid government intervention.
Research Institute of America notes both parties mark time awaiting next month's news. Paine Webber and Jackson & Curtis predict a slow 1975 with unemployment rising past 6 percent before a gradual recovery. Neill expects a bullish 1975 end, but warns gold speculation could disrupt markets.
First of Michigan Corp says gloomier data point to more Fed easing with a lower discount rate and bank reserve requirements. Argus Research Corp forecasts inflation easing from about 10–12 percent to roughly 6 percent by late 1975, citing 1971–74 controls, dollar devaluation, oil embargo and drought impacts.
First National Bank of Arizona plans to sell gold starting January 2 at its Scottsdale branches. Orders can be placed for bullion or certain coins with safekeeping available. Some offices will stock on hand, others will take orders and ship to the main office for pickup.
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