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This article discusses the high value of financial stocks despite the relatively weak U.S. economy that emerged from the 2008 global financial crisis. Topics include the 25 percent rise in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index in 2011 and 2012, the market assistance provided by the U.S. Federal Reserve in the form of bond purchases, and the potential threat posed by the fiscal cliff in the U.S., a result of lawmakers' inability to reach a consensus on spending cuts and tax increases.

The article discusses optimism about the U.S. stock market despite five straight weeks of decline during the spring of 2011. Fund manager Bob Doll of investment firm BlackRock says stocks should benefit from the U.S. economy's continued expansion. Liz Ann Sonders of brokerage Charles Schwab believes technology stocks could make good investments.

The article discusses U.S. business and a downward trend in analyst forecasts of corporate profit. Statistics are reported regarding analyst estimates of earnings for companies comprising the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. Wasif Latif, vice-president of equity investments at a company called USAA, is cited regarding stock-price reductions that may accompany earnings reductions.

Uncertainty for European stock investors sparked by Brexit and negative bond yields in the region will continue to deliver wilder swings for investors there relative to the U.S. until fall. To contact the reporter on this story:Inyoung Hwang in New York at ihwang7@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story:Jeremy Herron at jherron8@bloomberg.net Attribution Jeremy Herron: editor responsible Inyoung Hwang: by reporter. [Extracted from the article]

Apple falls to 2014 low on report about iPhone chip shipments To contact the reporters on this story:Inyoung Hwang in New York at ihwang7@bloomberg.net;Dani Burger in New York at dburger7@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story:Jeremy Herron at jherron8@bloomberg.net. [Extracted from the article]

Emerging-market stocks advanced for a third day, with the the MSCI Emerging Markets Index posting it's the highest close since December, led by Egypt which is up the most since July 2013 after the central bank devalued the pound and announced it will adopt a more flexible exchange rate. The dollar rose for the first time in four days as investors recalculated the likelihood of an interest-rate increase from the Fed, having wiped out expectations for any tightening earlier this year. [Extracted from the article]

Consumer discretionary and industrial shares led the S&P 500 up by 1.6 percent as of 4 p.m. in New York, pushing its gain over the past two sessions to 3.6 percent, the most since the end of August. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose 0.5 percent in a second day of gains, with stock gauges in Taiwan, South Korea and Dubai all adding more than 1.4 percent. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the market survey conducted by ComScore Inc. which cites that social media sites influence the gift-buying decisions of American shoppers for the holiday season in 2009. It notes that social networking site Facebook Inc. lures shoppers in searching bargains online. According to ComScore chairman and co-founder Gian Fulgoni, social media marketing strategy is effective to retailers.