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Stock futures flat as GDP, jobless data awaited

(Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed on Thursday as investors looked ahead to data that could shed light on the economy's health amid worries that global demand was slowing.


Equities have been pressured recently, with the S&P 500 down 3.2 percent so far this month. Investors said Wednesday's rally, which broke a three-day losing streak, may not be enough to overcome macroeconomic worries.


In a sign of rising concerns about the economic outlook, Goldman Sachs lowered its year-end target for the S&P to 1,450 from 1,500, citing margin concerns.


The preliminary estimate of first-quarter gross domestic product is due at 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) and is seen rising by 2.1 percent compared with the 1.8 percent rate previously estimated by the government.


Though the economy was seen expanding in the quarter despite sovereign debt woes, geopolitical tensions and natural disasters overseas, a weaker-than-expected reading could exacerbate concerns about global growth.


"The GDP number will give us some insight into how the second quarter is going so far. So if it disappoints, you could see (the S&P) fall by as much as 1.5 percent," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Avalon Partners in New York.


Cardillo noted that the number would reflect the impact from Japan's earthquake, which could be a drag on first-quarter U.S. GDP but could provide a boost for growth in future quarters. "The economy is going through a soft patch now, but I think yesterday's movement to the upside will probably carry forward," he said.


Weekly jobless claims are also on tap, with 400,000 initial claims expected, down from the 409,000 posted last week but still considered high.


S&P 500 futures rose 2 points and were even with fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures added 19 points and Nasdaq 100 futures were flat.

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn called for Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), to step down. Shares of the Dow component rose 0.9 percent to $24.41 in premarket trading.


Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) shares rose 2.3 percent to $71.65 in premarket trading after the luxury retailer reported its first-quarter results and raised its outlook.


Sony Corp's (6758.T) (SNE.N) forecast of its first annual net profit in four years was viewed as optimistic, as the consumer electronics giant struggles with the aftermath of the March earthquake and a series of network security breaches.


The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is investigating whether Goldman Sachs' (GS.N) mortgage servicing arm did not conduct proper reviews before denying borrowers the option to lower their payments under a government loan modification program.

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not hard to understand ...

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看来版主在忙呀，都提前公布第二天的了，呵呵

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this one is  easy to understand .  ok .go  on ,tomorrow.

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little by little，go further each day

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Cardillo noted that the number would reflect the impact from Japan's earthquake, which could be a drag on first-quarter U.S. GDP but could provide a boost for growth in future quarters. "The economy is going through a soft patch now, but I think yesterday's movement to the upside will probably carry forward," he said.

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对于未来的经济走势，市场上总是有很多人在发出声音。经济学家们一方面说介于什么什么影响不看好第二季度，一方面又说由于第一季度的低迷，第二季度经济会超于预期，反正他们是最圆滑的。第一季度的数据对我们来说很有价值，帮助我们判断最近的经济形势，而分析师对于未来经济走势的猜测都过于简单，但是市场又需要他们的声音作为决策的依据，投行们也以此为牟利手段。

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As I have pointed out in my reply to the thread in May 25th, Goldman Sachs should never be careful too much for its comments. Just two days ago it advised to buy, but now it lowered its year-end target for the S&P to 1,450 from 1,500. We can't fully trust on any rating agency now, different views and quickly changing advisings confuse our own mind and lost our confidence to the future stock performance. The priority of the government now is to boost the investors' faith, as this article said,"a weaker-than-expected reading could exacerbate concerns about global growth". By the way, I really don't agree with the so called economist Peter Cardillo's inconsistent comments, most probably  the markets will fell or flat in the near future.

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It is early again today! Good!

Maybe we could change another subject?!? It seems recently we had a lot regarding stocks.

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The Democratic might more possibly won the Election of  2010 by the series of  policies to reduce the deficits.
And the transfer expenditure would keep decreasing. But Obama seems going to make the Insurance and  pension fund to be offer by private corporations.