Market Recap! US Market, Commodities, Real Estate!

S&P 500 Gains as Retailers Surge to Record on Earnings: $SPX added 0.3% to 1,403.44; +1.8% since April 20... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-27/u-s-stock-futures-are-little-changed-starbucks-slides.html #in #tcot

Earnings boost Wall Street to close stellar week: $DJIA +23.69 points, or 0.18%, to 13,228.31 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-markets-stocks-idUSBRE83M0BL20120427 #in #tcot

Earnings help global stocks; QE3 views hurt $USD; 10yr U.S. Treasury note was up 3/32, the yield at 1.9348% http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-markets-global-idUSBRE83J1D720120427 #in #tcot

Oil report seen supporting Iran sanctions: Global oil inventories grew over the last two months... http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-eia-report-market-idUSBRE83Q15U20120427 #in #tcot

Gold rose for a fourth consecutive session on Friday, posts biggest weekly rise since late February http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-markets-precious-idUSBRE8390RW20120427 #in #tcot

Copper rallies to 3-week high on tight supply: Weak $USD, growing signs of supply-side tightness help plunge http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/markets-metals-idUSL6E8FR43G20120427 #in #tcot

Consumer sentiment little changed in April: Thomson Reuters/U of MI's final index read at 76.4 fr 76.2 #in March http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-usa-economy-sentiment-idUSBRE83Q0RK20120427 #tcot

Economy in U.S. Grew Less Than Forecast #in Q1: GDP rose at a 2.2% annual rate after a 3% pace, vs. 2.5% expected http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-27/economy-in-u-s-expands-at-2-2-annual-rate-less-than-forecast.html #tcot

In This 'Teflon' Market, Nothing Matters But Price: Traders don't seem too shocked by S&P downgrade of Spanish debt http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/content/blogs/in+this+teflon+market+nothing+matters+but+price/trading_floor_blog.aspx?single=true&blogid=110930 #in

Hollande Criticism Shows He Doesn’t Get It: Merkel Ally http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/hollande-says-germany-can-t-make-decisions-for-all-of-europe.html “It’s not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe” #tcot

Manhattan Apartment Building Prices at Peak as Rents Jump: Yields on properties to lowest #in more than 6yrs http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-27/manhattan-apartment-building-prices-at-peak-as-rents-jump.html #CRE #tcot

Constructive on U.S. Housing: Emerging and durable recovery #in the US housing market will be one of the biggest- http://www.thestreet.com/story/11511229/1/constructive-on-us-housing.html #tcot

A Reassuring Look at the Housing Market: Well-priced listings, short sales move faster;... http://www.gotoby.com/news/real_estate_news_april_27.htm #REI #in #tcot

SPX Reclaims 1,400 as Wall Street Shows Its Mettle: $DJIA, COMP collected wkly wins of 1.5% and 2.3%, respectively http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/content/ezines/spx+reclaims+1400+as+wall+street+shows+its+mettle/marketrecap.aspx?id=110931 #in