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Forget Europe, forget the sequester. Positive US data and more QE confirmation sent Wall Street looking for new highs again last night. Dow up 175. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Wall Street quickly forgot about Italy last night on solid housing data and Bernanke’s quashing of QE exit talk. Dow up 115. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Exit polls swung the Italian election result from apparently positive to apparently negative last night. Dow down 216. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

This week ATW’s Jerry Simmons examines a range of US stock and global commodities charts to find important levels being tested.

More growth in Japan can only be good and while there are legal risks for supermarkets the web turns positive for department stores. Maybe it’s time for more equity risk.

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

Part three in a series of stories on the Global Currency War.

Wall Street fluctuated wildly last night as everyone talked pullback: yes or no and if yes then by how much? Dow down 46. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

The FOMC argued about rolling back QE3 at its last meeting, the minutes of which sent the US dollar surging last night. Dow down 108. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

There appears to be no let-up in investor enthusiasm on either side of the Pacific. Dow up 53. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)