What has caused the Dow to lose 400 points since the beginning of the week?
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Dow Slips on a Banana Peel
Quite a reversal. The Dow appears to have slipped on a banana peel headed into the close.
Comparing This Decade's NASDAQ to the 1930's Dow Jones
In a new He Said/ She Said piece from the Wall Street Journal, we get the above chart, which compares the last 9 years of the NASDAQ to the Dow Jones Industrial Average of the Great Depression. Without question, there is an eerie similarity in the squiggles. From the WSJ: Editor’s Note: It was the…
A Different Take on Dow 10k from Eric Bolling
On the heels of my somewhat less-than-enthusiastic take on how the Dow crossed the 10,000 mark, I got a comment from one of my fave anchors Eric Bolling, the renowned trader and co-anchor of FOX Business Happy Hour: How’d Dey Do Dat? Well… when you are a bank and have access to free money via the Fed…
Keeping It Real: Dow Broke 10k Because IBM Didn't Split Too Often
All of my fellow bloggers are gonna do their Dow 10k pieces today, so I may as well join the cacophony… I’ve learned two important lessons from the thousands of hours of Hip Hop music I’ve consumed… 1. “Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent” – KRS-One 2. Always “keep it real” – Various Artists…
Dow 10,000: Do We Dare?
I don’t have anything to add at this point.
About Those Dow 10,000 Predictions…
Remember, oh…I don’t know…a week ago, when everyone talked about Dow 10,000 like it was a foregone conclusion? Not so fast!
Bearslaughter: September '09 Ends True To Form
We’re at midday so anything can happen, but as of right now, September of 2009 looks to be going out on a fitting note, a nasty upside reversal after an ugly triple digit sell-off. This is extremely frustrating action to those who held/ pressed their shorts throughout this month, as stocks seemingly defied gravity. A…
Unlucky Sevens: Bespoke on the 1 Year Anniversary
One year ago today, the world looked and felt like it was coming to an end on Wall Street. The Dow dropped 777 points which was actually a larger point drop than the day the market reopened after the 9/11 attacks. Bespoke Investment Group does a great job reminding us of what was going on…
Market Recap: GM's a Zero
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a8skzlhxDY] The Reformed Broker, AKA The Sugar Bear, here with today’s Market Recap… OK, finally, General Motors (GM) makes it official. They’re a Zero. Let’s move on. And would you believe that the auto-related stocks rallied? That’s either a short-squeeze or the finality and closure that this industry needed… Check ’em out at the 3:15 look,…