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Market Open

 Stocks Inch Up as 
 Builders Merge 


Apr 8, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks crept higher at the open, as a pair of homebuilders planned a big merger and the government sought to help life insurers. The Dow inched up 25 points, and the S&P 0.6%, while the Nasdaq jumped 1.3%. Centex shares soared 28% on news that it would... More »

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MARKETS

 Automakers Lead 
 Sharp Selloff Worldwide 

Nikkei drops 4.5%, Europe opens down

Mar 30, 09 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks in Asia and Europe plummeted today amid global fears for the auto industry and hesitation that this week's G20 summit in London might not deliver on ambitious goals. In Tokyo the Nikkei dropped 4.5%, with Toyota, Honda and Nissan all posting substantial falls. At midmorning stocks in London,... More »

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stocks • Nikkei • Asian markets • European markets • FTSE • CAC 40 • DAX

ANALYSIS

 Battered Markets
 Crawl Into 2009 

2008 finishes as the worst year for the Dow since 1931

Jan 1, 09 9:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Weary relief that 2008 was finally over greeted the final bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, but shaken investors worry about what 2009 holds, the New York Times reports. The final tally confirmed that the year was the worst for stockholders since the Great Depression. Stock plunges across... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • New York Stock Exchange • stocks • financial markets • investment • financial crisis

Ailing Biotech Firms Need
Shot in the Arm

Flatlining economy threatens breakthrough medical research

Nov 21, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time in years, the biotech industry is in desperate need of a lifeline, Bloomberg reports, as the economic crisis threatens to shove companies into bankruptcy and derail the development of potentially life-saving drugs. “I’m looking down the barrel of a gun,” admitted one CEO.... More »

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Wall Street • investors • pharmaceutical companies • GlaxoSmithKline • stocks • biotechnology • Parkinson's disease • IPO • multiple sclerosis • biotech companies • Alzheimer's Disease • financial crisis

OPINION

 Ignore Market Until February 

End-of-year effects cause distorting swings

Nov 20, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The stock market can be a great synthesizer of millions of individual judgment calls about economic growth, government policy, and world events, writes Andy Kessler in the Wall Street Journal. But it’s also subject to end-of-year distortions, especially in down times like these. What's an investor to do? "... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • Dow Jones • stocks • equity • capital gains tax • mutual funds

 Stock Tips for Bargain Hunters 

Look for minimal fees and free trades to help you save money

Nov 9, 08 7:04 PM CST
(Newser) - While stocks have sunk to their lowest in years, there's a silver-lining for penny-pinchers. “Buying into the slumping market today should pay off big time when it finally bounces back,” reports US News and World Report, which offers 5 easy tips to get you started.
  • Index
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Dow Jones • stocks • business tips • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

These Stocks Will Flourish During Obama Years

Health care, infrastructure, alternative energy look are looking up

Nov 5, 08 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Oilmen cheered when George Bush moved into the White House, and investors in Internet companies saw their portfolios gain ground under Bill Clinton. But what's going to be hot once Barak Obama moves into the White House? In Time, Stephen Gandel suggests three sectors and a handful of companies that... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • alternative energy • stocks • highways

Kerkorian Pulls Out of Ford

Biggest non-family stockowner begins dumping stake, looks to energy instead

Oct 21, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, an old hand at investing in Detroit, began his Ford escape today, selling 7.3 million shares of common stock in the company at $2.43 per share, the Wall Street Journal reports. As recently as February Kerkorian was building his stake in the embattled automaker,... More »

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investing • Kirk Kerkorian • Detroit • stocks • Ford • manufacturing • auto industry

ANALYSIS

Cratering Dow Sinks Cramer Cred (but Doubles Ratings)

'It’s just a bear trying to do a show in this environment,' Mad Money host says

Oct 20, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Cramer was long Wall Street’s most reliable cheerleader, psyching up investors on his high-octane CNBC show. He’s insisted several times this year that the worst was over—only to tell viewers this month to forsake stocks entirely. “It is harder to get it right than any... More »

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Dow Jones • stocks • Jim Cramer • bear market • Mad Money • financial crisis

OPINION

Buffett: I'm Buying American. You Should Be, Too.

When fear is rampant, the markets discount America's future

Oct 17, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - “I’ve been buying American stocks,” Warren Buffett writes in the New York Times, and he'd like to see a stampede of others following suit. Sure, the financial system is a mess, global economies are faltering, unemployment is rising, and headlines will continue to terrorize markets. But markets... More »

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investing • Warren Buffett • stocks • America • financial markets • Oracle of Omaha • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Street Shrugs Off Bailout OK 

Markets rack up more losses despite bill's passage

Oct 3, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investors were feeling finicky today, pushing stocks higher by 300 points after the House approved the revised $700 billion bailout, then reversing the gains and moving the major indices to sharp weekly losses, MarketWatch says. The Dow dropped 157.15 to 10,325.70. The Nasdaq lost 29.33, finishing... More »

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Wall Street • NASDAQ • Dow Jones • stocks • S&P 500 • bailout • financial crisis

MARKET

 Stocks Open Down on Bailout Impatience

Volatile session could be forthcoming

Oct 1, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks started off on the wrong foot this morning as investors awaited smoke signals from Congress. The Dow dropped 122 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq fell 1.3% and 0.9%, respectively. The session is likely to be a volatile one, with the Senate’s expected bailout vote... More »

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stock market • Dow Jones • stocks • markets • credit market • bailout • financial crisis

Analysis

You 'Can't Afford Not to Own Gold'

Cramer urges investors to store value in gold
as it surges past
$900 an ounce

Sep 22, 08 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investors simply "must own gold" in financially shaky times like these, Jim Cramer said on his Mad Money TV show today—after gold spiked 16% in the last week and topped $900 an ounce. Cramer called gold a safe haven regardless of whether Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion... More »

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Henry Paulson • stocks • Jim Cramer • gold prices

MARKETS

 Stocks Jump at Bell 
 on Central Bank Cash 

Dow up 140

Sep 18, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks surged at the opening bell this morning, as traders registered approval of the central banks’ move to inject $360 billion into global money markets. The Dow jumped 118 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq rose 1.6% and 2% respectively. “These joint interventions are welcomed by the... More »

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stock market • NASDAQ • Federal Reserve • Dow Jones • stocks • central bank • credit market • S&P 500

 Stocks Plunging, 
 Russia Closes Market 

Micex falls 10%

Sep 17, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia shut down trading for the second day in a row after the benchmark Micex index plummeted 10%, Bloomberg reports. The Finance Ministry announced that it was pouring $44 billion into Russia’s three top banks, Sberbank, VTB, and Gazprombank. But foreign investors have pulled $35 billion from Russia’s... More »

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Russia • stocks • global economy • credit market • Micex

MARKETS

Stocks Dive at Open on AIG Save, Weak Housing Starts

Financials drive decline

Sep 17, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks took a nosedive at the opening bell, with the Dow falling 190.28 points within minutes, as the market absorbs an AIG bailout that prevented a body blow to the economy but was none too friendly to shareholders, the Wall Street Journal reports. The insurer fell 21% at the... More »

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stock market • Dow Jones • stocks • AIG • housing starts • financial sector • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Fluctuating Markets Close Up 

Dow returns to 11K-plus territory

Sep 16, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - As AIG's future became somewhat clearer, the wildly fluctuating markets settled into positive territory at the end of today's session. Rumors that the Fed will bail out the mega-insurer helped nearly erase a 74% decline, Bloomberg reports. The Dow closed up 141.51 at 11,059.02, the Nasdaq gained... More »

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stock market • NASDAQ • Federal Reserve • Dow Jones • stocks • AIG • S&P 500 • financial crisis

UPDATED

 AIG Credit Rating Cut 
 Triggers Mad Dash for Cash 

Feds in emergency talks with investment banks to avert another crisis

Sep 16, 08 1:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Insurance giant AIG teetered on the brink of catastrophe last night as ratings agencies downgraded the beleaguered firm's credit ratings, forcing it to raise $14.5 billion to meet debt obligations, reports the Wall Street Journal. Federal Reserve officials were holding emergency talks with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase in... More »

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Wall Street • stocks • markets • AIG • economy • financial crisis

MARKETS

US Stocks Soar on Fannie/Freddie Takeover

Dow up 300 early as investors bet on broader recovery

Sep 8, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Stocks surged this morning as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement that the US government will bail out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The major indices jumped, with the Dow Jones industrials gaining more than 300 points. Meanwhile, bond prices... More »

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stock market • Dow Jones • stocks • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • financial crisis

markets

 Optimism Sends Stocks Surging 

Investors brush off news of spiking oil prices

Jul 30, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(AP) - Wall Street soared for the second straight day today, rallying in the last hour of trading after a rebound in financial stocks and optimism about private sector jobs helped investors brush off a sharp jump in oil prices. The Dow rose 186 points to 11,583.69, the S&P... More »

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NASDAQ • stocks • Dow • American Stock Exchange • closing

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