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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

Tags: Alcoa, Aluminum Producer, Caterpillar Inc, Citigroup, Commodity Prices, Dow Jones Industrial, Energy Retailers, GE, Global Demand, Government Debt, Ing Investment Management, Macys Inc., Nasdaq Composite Index, Qualcomm, Resource Stocks, Retail Index, Retail Sales, Risk Aversion, US Banking, US stocks, WMT
Posted in Financial News | Comments2008-12-01+19%3A27%3A00Contrarian+Profits

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

Tags: Asian Shares, Chip Demand, Consumer Sentiment, Crude Oil Prices, Debt Prices, Dow Jones Industrial, Eurozone, Global Economic Growth, Mumbai India, Nasdaq Composite Index, Opec, Retail Index, Safe Havens, U S Stock Market, U S Treasury, us Bonds, US dollar, World Stocks
Posted in Financial News | Comments2008-11-28+19%3A14%3A44Contrarian+Profits

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.

Tags: Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial, Fed Funds Rate, Fed Rate, Federal Open Market Committee, Fomc, Inflation Pressures, Jennifer Yousfi, Nasdaq Composite Index, US stocks
Posted in Financial News | Comments2008-10-29+13%3A49%3A38Jennifer+Yousfi

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.

Tags: Citigroup Inc, Dow Jones, Global Recession, Global Stock Indices, Great Depression, Interest Rate Cuts, Msci World Index, MXB, Nasdaq Composite Index, Recession Fears
Posted in Financial News | Comments2008-10-27+12%3A26%3A29Jennifer+Yousfi

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.

Tags: Dow Futures, Futures Index, Hang Seng Index, Jennifer Yousfi, Nasdaq Composite Index, Nasdaq Futures, Nikkei Index, Opec, Putnam Investments, Worldwide Recession
Posted in Financial News | Comments2008-10-27+12%3A03%3A29Jennifer+Yousfi

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.

Tags: Amr Corporation, Dct, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Fedex Corporation, Moving Averages, Nasdaq Composite Index, Nyse, Txn
Posted in Politics & Economics | Comments2008-04-05+21%3A22%3A05Ann+Sosnowski

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.

Tags: Blue Chip, Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index, Financial Sector, Financial Stocks, Longleaf Partners Fund, mutual funds, Nasdaq Composite Index, S 500, Stock Market, Technology Sector, Third Avenue International Value Fund, Tweedy Browne Global Value, Tweedy Browne Global Value Fund
Posted in Featured, Financial News, Stock Market Investing | Comments2008-04-02+16%3A17%3A44Contrarian+Profits

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