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Europe Protecting The Taxpayer

 Economic worry caused a huge decline in stocks today, down 345 points.  Bonds continued their gains with decreases in interest rates.
The Dollar continued its rally big time – down to $1.43
Oil, gasoline and gold went down slightly – with oil going down the most.
In the news today…..

Unemployment jumped last week (unexpectedly) to 444,000 – up […]

Issue 12/26/07 Markets Move

What an interesting Christmas season we are having in the markets.  The stock market was open last Monday, Christmas Eve, but was a short trading day.  On Monday, stocks climbed about 100 points, and today stocks climbed 2 points.
Today every other market started to move.
Bonds are the market to watch.  Today, the 10 Year Treasury […]

Europe, China & The FED

Issue: 12/18/07 Tuesday
The market consolidated today mostly.  Thank goodness stocks didn’t go down again – so it’s like dodging a bullet.  We continue to be firmly in a sideways trend in the market, technically speaking.
The big news was that the European Central Bank (ECB) will drop $500B into the European system over the next […]