Going Nowhere In A Hurry Ahead Of Bernanke Speech; Draghi Skips Jackson Hole Citing Work

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US blue-chip stocks closed lower Tuesday while the NASDAQ composite finished in the green to extend gains for the second straight session as investors cheered better-than-expected housing data even as consumer confidence plummeted ahead of a potentially market-moving speech by the US Fed chairman later this week. The S&P/Case-Shiller index that surveys home price across 20 …