Market calm hides hot options arena at CBOE
Harris Upham analyst Alan Shaw says stock gains will run within a 800 to 900 range and detach from interest shifts, with earnings recovery in view. Options strategy favors longer maturities on investment grade names like U S Steel and Union Carbide. Murphy Oil rises as a solid pick amid a consolidating 12 months.
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U S land could meet food crisis
The Agriculture Department says the United States could add as much as 266 million acres to cropland by converting pastures and forests if a severe food shortage occurred. This would require high prices or guarantees to persuade farmers, the Economic Research Service reports in Cropland for Today and Tomorrow.
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Upturn Hinted By June Income And Savings Surge
The Business Mirror notes rising disposable income and savings in June suggest consumer readiness to buy homes and cars. Personal income after tax jumped about 63.3 billion in Q2, while savings hit an annual 114.6 billion, 10.6 percent of disposable income, the highest in 29 years.
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Dow slides as rates fears deepen in quiet trading
The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 6.26 points to 856.15 as investors fret over rising rates. Pan Am leads activity with a 4 percent drop to 34, while Textron slips 1.25 percent and Green Giant gains 1.25 percent on steady volume. NYSE composite falls 0.31 percent.
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New data flood in showing modest GNP rise and housing drift
U S government figures indicate real GNP declined 0.3 percent in the second quarter versus 11.4 percent in Q1, with May inventories down a record 2.97 billion. Industrial production rose in June for the first time in nine months while inflation cooled to 5.1 percent annualized. Housing starts fell 5.2 percent in June, mortgage rates moved above 9 percent, and housing costs average about 38 thousand dollars amid cautious recovery signals. Carla Hills urged optimism for a housing upturn through 1976 despite uneven monthly gains.
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Commodity Closings Show Mixed Movement Across Markets
Gold prices slipped with London gold at 144.00 per ounce down five cents while IMMA Sept. gold rose 40 cents to 167.10. Copper gained 9 cents to 57.8 cents per pound and Sept. sugar edged up one cent to 16.89 cents per pound.
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