While you were sleeping Political risks hit sentiment

While you were sleeping Political risks hit sentiment
By Margreet Dietz Feb 5 (BusinessDesk) - Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic dropped as concern about Europe's political and financial instability returned, and Wall Street's five-year highs left investors with vertigo in the absence of signs to justify current valuations. The latest American economic report also disappointed. Orders to US factories advanced 1.8 percent in December after a revised 0.3 percent slide the prior month, according to Commerce Department data. The gain though fell short of estimates of analysts polled by both Bloo...