crossingwallstreet.com - 11/20/2008
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The S&P; 500 closed at a 68-month low today. Given that the CPI report came out today, here’s an interesting stat. Adjusted for inflation, the S&P; 500 has advanced just 23.9% in 40 years. Annualized, that’s 0.54%.
This means that almost the entire gain came from dividends. I should add that ...
bloomberg.com - 11/26/2008
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Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Stock dividends are disappearing
at the fastest rate in 50 years as the...
worsening recession forces U.S. companies to conserve cash. Citigroup Inc. , Genworth Financial Inc. and New York Times Co. are leading 91 companies listed ...
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Dividends Cut Fastest Since 1950s as Citigroup Conserves ...
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 11/18/2008
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Multiple market pundits have recently mentioned that the
S&P; 500 is trading the furthest below its 200-day...
moving average since the Great Depression. Below we have plotted the 200-day spread indicator going back to 1927. The index is currently ...
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S&P 500 200-Day Moving Average Spread at -32%
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 11/25/2008
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Over the last 50 trading days, the average
absolute daily percentage change of the S&P; 500 has...
been...wait for it...3.82%! That means the S&P; 500 is averaging a daily move of up or down nearly 4%. This is definitely one of the craziest statistics of ...
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The Most Volatile Market Ever
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