Weighing the possibility of Dow 15,000
Posted by on February 14, 2012
By msnbc.com news services This weekend, Barron?s magazine declared that, even by conservative measures, the Dow Jones Industrial average could top the 15,000 mark in two years, while Dow 17,000 is ?a 50-50 bet.? With the Dow now trading just below 13,000, Gordon Charlop of Rosenblatt Securities and Jack Bouroudjian of Bull & Bear Partners [...]
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Wall St. rallies on central banks’ help for Europe (Reuters)
Posted by on December 3, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Stocks surged on Wednesday after major central banks agreed to make cheaper dollar loans for struggling European banks to prevent the euro-zone debt woes from turning into a full-blown credit crisis. The Dow posted its best day since March 2009 after the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and other major [...]
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US retail sales data give stocks a further boost (AP)
Posted by on October 15, 2011
FRANKFURT, Germany ? Stocks pushed higher Friday as better than expected U.S. retail sales data and positive corporate news overshadowed fears from Europe’s debt crisis. U.S. retail sales for September rose 1.1 percent, ahead of 0.7 percent market expectations. That indicated to some that the world’s largest economy might not be in as much trouble [...]
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