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11 Aug 2010 21:57

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Biz: Increased trade deficit + nervous investors = SELL! SELL! SELL!

  • 18.8% increase in the trade deficit, to $49.9 billion
  • 2.5% decrease in the Dow because of this news
  • 2.8% fall in the S&P 500 for the same reason
  • 3% dip in the Nasdaq today; sigh source
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25 May 2010 10:01

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Biz: The stock market’s looking pretty cruddy in early trading

  • -2.6% the decline of the Dow Jones industrial this morning
  • -2.8% the decline of the S&P 500 in early trading this morning
  • -2.9% the decline of the NASDAQ; all have had cruddy months source
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10 May 2010 10:50

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Biz: Europe’s debt response gave U.S. stocks the bounceback they needed

  • 3.6% the current increase for the Dow Jones Industrial
  • 3.98% the boost for the S&P 500 thanks to Europe’s debt crisis response
  • 4.29% the current increase for the Nasdaq; this matches global markets source
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07 May 2010 21:45

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Biz: Stock market: All the gains this year, gone, and then some

  • 7.4% the Dow’s decline from its peak this year
  • 8.7% the S&P 500’s decline from its April peak
  • 10.5% the Nasdaq’s decline; it’s in a correction source
  • » Today’s action: It wasn’t much better than yesterday, honestly. The market bounced back and forth all morning before staying firmly in the down column. The Dow lost 140 points today, or 1.3 percent of its value. Sucks to own stocks, doesn’t it? source
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04 Jan 2010 21:03

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Biz: Nice way to start 2010: Stocks have a pretty awesome Monday

  • 1.5% increase in the Dow Jones Industrial today; hip
  • 1.6% increase in the S&P 500 today; hip
  • 1.7% increase in the NASDAQ today; hooray! source
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02 Jul 2009 21:26

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Biz: Unemployment sucked last month = stocks sucked today

  • -223 point decline of the Dow Jones Industrial today, due to crappy employment numbers
  • -2.6% percentage decrease of Dow; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell just as badly, if not worse source
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15 Jun 2009 17:49

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Biz: The stock market took a tumble, has a boo boo

  • -187.1 Point loss of the Dow today, caused by economic fears scaring investors like a bad horror movie
  • -2.1% Percentage loss of the Dow; the NASDAQ and S&P 500 had similar tumbles today source
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21 May 2009 09:26

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Biz, U.S.: Two barometrical signs that the economy is improving

  • +34% The increase in the S&P 500 since it hit a low point in September
  • .548 The TED spread – which is at its lowest level since it hit a high point in October source
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10 Apr 2009 20:36

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Biz: Hoo-ray! Stocks are sustaining their upward momentum!

  • five straight weeks of gains for the stock market, after months of depressing results and one overwraught rant by Rick Santelli
  • 27% the increase that the S&P 500, which includes many financial firms, has seen since March 9 – the best streak since the Great Depression source
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23 Feb 2009 20:39

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Biz, U.S.: Our economy sucks as much as Third Eye Blind

  • 1997 the last time the stock market was this low source
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