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(Newser) - It's good news, bad news time for investors. The good news: In the last 100 years, only five other rallies have matched the 46% leap the Dow’s taken over the past six months. The bad news: None of those other extraordinary rallies, which came in the 1930s and 1970s,... More »

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investing • stock market • Dow Jones • bear market

OPINION

This Rally Is for Suckers, Courtesy of the Fed


May 12, 09 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Dow has soared a whopping 30% since March 9, but Andy Kessler doesn’t think the good times are here again. “This sure smells to me like a sucker’s rally,” he writes in the Wall Street Journal. Earnings aren’t up. The market is just... More »

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Ben Bernanke • stock market • Federal Reserve • Treasury Department • bear market • bull market • stress tests

OPINION

 Don't Celebrate Yet, 
 Stock Market 


May 8, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t get too excited by the stock market’s recent rally. Stocks may go up another 10%-20% this year, says analyst Jeremy Grantham, but after that the market will crash again, and stay that way for years. “We've lost our shirts and we feel poor,” explains Henry... More »

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stock market • recession • bear market • deleveraging

Dr. Doom
Still Gloomy
on Economy

NYU's Roubini
thinks more rough times lie ahead

Apr 7, 09 9:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Doom isn't ready to ditch his nickname. Nouriel Roubini, the New York University economist who predicted much of the current malaise, says he doesn't see a happy ending any time soon, Reuters reports. Although the stock market has generally performed well of late, he thinks it will be a... More »

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New York University • bear market • economy • Nouriel Roubini

(Newser) - The ongoing rally in global financial markets could be setting investors up for another crash, analysts tell the Financial Times, warning that it could be a so-called “bear market bounce.” The fact that financial stocks, which took a beating as markets tumbled, are leading the uptick is particularly... More »

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stock market • rally • bear market • emerging markets • financial stocks

Firms Reprice Employees' Worthless Stock Options

Repricing plans toss lifeline to 'underwater' stock option holders

Mar 7, 09 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Major firms are trying to boost morale by giving workers another chance to profit on stock options made worthless by the stock market dive, the Washington Post reports. Many employees—especially execs—are currently stuck with "underwater" options with a strike price above the trading price. Close to... More »

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Google • Starbucks • executive compensation • shareholders • shares • bear market • stock options • stock price

MARKETS

 Stocks Plummet; Dow Falls 281 

Dow blows by Tuesday low

Mar 5, 09 3:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks fell today, with the Dow passing the bear-market low it set Tuesday, and two giants of US banking and manufacturing trading at less than $2, MarketWatch reports. Mounting problems at Citigroup and General Motors drove their shares to $1.02, and $1.95, respectively. The Dow dropped 281.40... More »

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Citigroup • Dow Jones • General Motors • Nasdaq • bear market • S&P 500 • financial stocks • financial crisis

 Politicos' Loose 
 Lips Sink Stocks 

Pols still don't know their own strength on Wall St.

Feb 24, 09 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - DC and New York usually keep a healthy distance. These days, though, Wall Street has no choice but to hang on every word of key politicians. For the pols themselves, Politico reports, that takes some getting used to. When Sen. Chris Dodd publicly toyed Friday with the idea of bank... More »

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stock market • nationalization • Chris Dodd • bear market • Robert Gibbs • Timothy Geithner

ANALYSIS

Bear With It: Stock Market Has Seen Worse Than 2008

Dow lost 14.1% in Oct., but that pales against 30.7% in Sept. 1931

Nov 3, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - It would be hard to overstate the impact of the past 2 months on those who work and invest in the stock market, Ben Steverman writes for BusinessWeek. The crisis has surely spurred many investors to reevaluate the risks, but is it a game-changer, historically speaking? Although it was steep,... More »

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stock market • Dow Jones • bear market • market bubble • bubble • financial crisis

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

analysis

 Why Midafternoon 
 Brings Out the Bears 

Wall Street is facing one of its worst bear markets since World War II

Oct 16, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - An increasingly familiar Wall Street phenomenon—a three-digit swing in the Dow, usually down, in the final hour of trading—is a direct result of population growth in one species: bears. Margin calls are forcing panicked sell-offs, it's true, but the situation is more complicated than that, experts tell... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • Ken Griffin • Dow Jones • UBS • hedge fund • bear market • Citadel Investment Group • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Stocks Reverse Gains, Dive 

After early surge, Dow drops 300

Oct 16, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks reversed their early gains to plunge downward today, with the Dow dropping as much as 324 points, the Wall Street Journal reports, after being up 140 earlier in the morning. The S&P was down 1.9%, thanks largely to a 6% slide in its consumer-staples sector, while the... More »

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stock market • Dow Jones • bear market

OPINION

Economic Crisis Turned McCain Into a Bystander

This election ended when economy tanked; the rest is shouting

Oct 15, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain isn’t losing because he’s running an incompetent campaign, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post. Rather, his campaign only looks incompetent because the economy doomed him to lose. When a campaign is sinking, pundits weigh in with their pet suggestions, while insisting that “the candidate... More »

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John McCain • bear market • Election 2008 • credit market chaos • financial crisis

 Euro Stocks Follow Asia Plunge 

London, Paris, Frankfurt all dive at opening

Oct 10, 08 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stock markets across Europe took a pounding this morning, following a dramatic market dive in Asia that saw the Tokyo exchange suffer its worst loss in 20 years. In London the FTSE opened down 10%, with similar losses in Paris and Frankfurt. Banking stocks were among the biggest losers in... More »

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Lehman Brothers • Nikkei • bear market • FTSE • CAC 40 • DAX • European stocks • financial stocks

 Is a Bull Market on the Horizon? 

Lower rates and commodity prices and stocks that looks cheap could trigger a run

Oct 9, 08 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apocalyptic attitudes abound, but weed through the financial doom and gloom and you'll find a few economists who think we've bottomed out, and that a bull market is up next, writes Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times. The Dow has dropped 34.6% in the last year, but recent... More »

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stock market • bear market • bull market • Wharton School of Business • commodity prices • financial crisis

 Europe's Markets 
 Dive Despite 
 Intervention 

Central banks pump cash, but bourses tumble

Sep 16, 08 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Europe's central banks pumped huge amounts of cash into markets today as stock exchanges dove and interbank lending slowed to a trickle. Just after midday in London, the FTSE 100 was down by nearly 2%, with investment banks and insurers leading declines. The Bank of England injected $35.8 billion... More »

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Lehman Brothers • European Central Bank • FTSE 100 • bear market • European markets • Bank of England • Libor

MARKETS

 Jobs, Sales Send Stocks Diving 

Dow off 344 as investors grow more worried about economy's health

Sep 4, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The markets plummeted today amid poor jobs data and mixed retail sales, MarketWatch reports. Falling oil futures again failed to stimulate stocks as energy increasingly looks like a victim, not a perpetrator, of the economic slump. The Dow fell 344.65 to close at 11,188.23. The Nasdaq lost... More »

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retail • Dow Jones • unemployment • Nasdaq • bear market • S&P 500 • oil prices

 Dow Enters Bear Market 

Nasdaq also falls more than 20% from its high

Jul 2, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Skidding stocks sent the Dow and Nasdaq into bear territory as oil hit a record near $144 a barrel, the Wall Street Journal reports. Besides oil, bad news from GM and weak jobs data darkened the street’s mood. The Dow fell 166.75 points to 11,215.51, down... More »

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Dow Jones • General Motors • employment • Nasdaq • bear market • oil price • crude oil • S&P 500

Buffett Poised
to Clean Up
in Bear Market

Oracle of Omaha prepares $40B spending spree

May 2, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the US teeters on the brink of recession and most investors remain sidelined by the credit crunch, Warren Buffett is poised to spend more than $40 billion to scoop up bargains. Berkshire Hathaway rose 22% over the last 12 months while other stocks sputtered, and now, Bloomberg reports, the... More »

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Warren Buffett • recession • credit crisis • bear market • Berkshire Hathaway • Oracle of Omaha

 Volatile Market
 Hooked on
 Testosterone 

Study pinpoints role of bullish hormone in boorish traders

Apr 15, 08 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The buying and selling of the world's wealth is at the mercy of aggressive men and their hormonal fluctuations, neuroscientists have discovered. While that doesn't come as a big surprise, the study isolates the major role that testosterone plays in making boorish traders exceptionally bullish—and the part the hormone... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • men • testosterone • hormones • bear market • bull market • masculinity • risky trading • medical study • hormone therapy

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