All of this news may appear to paint a gloomy outlook for investors, but it does not have to.  After all, these sorts of announcements and business-strategy changes are all part of normal business and economic cycles.

Unemployment report came out and there was a big drop of 80,000 jobs for the month. This was more than analysts expected. Plus, the unemployment rate jumped to 5.1%.

Dell Inc. (DELL) Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Dell announced the company would eliminate more jobs then originally targeted and plans to buy back $1 billion in stock in the first quarter.