Reuters blogger and market commentator Felix Salmon — who works for a company that spends a lot of time reporting about the markets — finds another reason to distrust market reporting in today’s New York Times.
Traders reacted to strong earnings from Barclays but remained wary about the Greek debt crisis and the response from the European Union.
“This morning, then, US stocks were higher because of strong earnings from Barclays, but despite worries about the Greek debt crisis. A couple of hours later, they were higher — or so says the headline — because worries over Greece are easing.
“Did US markets go from being worried about Greece to seeing their worries ease about Greece, all in the space of a couple of hours, and all without moving very far? I suppose it’s possible, but there’s no reason to believe in such things. Instead, pace Occam, the easiest and most obvious answer is normally the correct one. Market reports are meaningless; they can and should be ignored.”
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