Friday, November 20th, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ Nasdaq Composite Index ’

Housing Data Boosts Market; SanDisk Curbs Nasdaq

Feb 3rd, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

Pending home sales rose 6.3 pct in December… Merck gains after beating expectations… SanDisk sheds 23 pct, limits Nasdaq gains… Dow up 0.6 pct, S&P up 0.5 pct, Nasdaq 0.2 pct…



Wall St Tumbles on Bank Woes, Consumer Gloom

Jan 14th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News

Indexes drop 3 percent; All 30 Dow stocks lower… Financials lead slide on outlook concerns… Dec retail sales fall signals spending contraction



Market Plummets on Economic, Spending Worry

Dec 1st, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News

Gloomy economic picture fuels risk aversion… Financials, energy, retailers among top drags… Dow off 4.3 pct, S&P 500 off 5 pct, Nasdaq off 5.3 pct



World Stocks Rise in Thin Trade, Bond Yields Fall

Nov 28th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News

World stocks edge up… Crude oil falls, trades just above $51 a barrel… U.S. dollar firmer, U.S. bonds rise



Dow Zooms Above 9,000 on Eve of Expected Fed Rate Cut

Oct 29th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Financial News

U.S. equities rallied yesterday (Tuesday) as the U.S. Federal Reserve convened for the first day of a two-day meeting of its monetary policy committee.



Recession Fears Hit Home as World Markets Plummet and U.S. Economy Contracts

Oct 27th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Financial News

Fear of a global recession is quickly becoming reality as world markets have lost $10 trillion in value in the month of October and the U.S. economy almost certainly contracted in the third quarter.



Global Sell-Off Takes a Toll on U.S. Equities

Oct 27th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Financial News

U.S. markets tumbled Friday as a global sell-off spread from Asia and Europe, as fears of a worldwide recession intensified.



Death Cross Trader: First-Quarter Update

Apr 5th, 2008 | By Ann Sosnowski | Category: Politics & Economics

The first quarter of 2008 is complete. Boy has it been brutal. As of this writing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 7.53%, the Nasdaq Composite Index corrected by 14.09% and the S&P 500 retraced 9.88%. While many people lost money on American equities, Death Cross Trader subscribers came out well ahead of the game.



Strongest 2Q Start for US Markets in 70 Years

Apr 2nd, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News, Stock Market Investing

US markets marked the strongest second quarter start since 1938, reports Money Morning.

The rally in financial stocks led the three major indexes to post gains of more than 3%.

At the New York close, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average Index had posted a gain of 391.96 points (3.20%), to close at 12,654.85.