The adage "as January goes, so goes the year" bodes ill for equity investors after the S&P 500 closed out its worst month in almost a year.This week, they will have to contend with fears of sovereign defaults and potential unpleasantness in the U.S. labor market as well.
U.S. corporations have so far handily beat analysts' earnings forecasts. With heavyweights like Exxon Mobil [XOM 64.43 
-0.53 (-0.82%) 
] and United Parcel Service [UPS 57.77 -1.19 (-2.02%) ] set to report this week, investors will be looking for that to continue, going some way to offset the perception that political risk is on the rise.
Still, China's protest over the weekend of a $6.4 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan is yet another political bump in the road for investors. China said it would impose unspecified sanctions on any companies involved in the deal.
After a big public announcement of the sort Apple had this week for the iPad CEO Steve Jobs often takes time in the day or two afterwards to have a Town
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The Obama administration is accelerating the deployment of a series of new defenses against possible Iranian missile attacks in the Persian Gulf, according to officials.
Venture capitalists invested 37 percent less money and made 30 percent fewer deals last year than in 2008.
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