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Back Above 1,000: S&P 500 Top Ten Days
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 10/13/2008
Back Above 1,000: S&P 500 Top Ten Days
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If all it took was a bank holiday to get this market to rally, I'm sure government officials would have called one a long time ago! Today's gain of more than 11% in the S&P; 500 is the sixth best one-day gain in the index's history (since 1928). To find the last time the S&P; 500 rose by more ...
World Equity Market Declines: -$26,000,000,000,000
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 10/9/2008
World Equity Market Declines: -$26,000,000,000,000
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — Here's one to take home with you tonight, although it might make it tough to keep your... dinner down. Since last October, the value of stocks worldwide has fallen 41%, or $25.9 trillion. As shown in the chart below, Bloomberg's World Market Cap index ... (more) World Equity Market Declines: -$26,000,000,000,000
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Top ten blogs to read during the banking crisis
timesonline.typepad.com - 10/9/2008
Top ten blogs to read during the banking crisis
— timesonline.typepad.com — Perplexed by plummeting indexes? Worried about your bank's future? Comment Central's rounded up ten of the best... blogs to guide you through the banking crisis: Oliver Kamm's Blog: Oliver modestly says that his leaving the City and the collapse of... (more) Top ten blogs to read during the banking crisis

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World Beta - Engineering Targeted Returns and Risk:  Dead Cat Bounce or the Bottom?

Bubble Meter:  Yesterday was biggest stock percentage gain since Great Depression

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Dead Cat Bounce or the Bottom?
World Beta - Engineering Targeted Returns and Risk — Taking a look at Bespoke's data for the ten best days in stocks since 1900, 4 are during a bear market, and 4 are near (or at) the market bottom. Where are we? (I have no idea). Interesting to note is 8 of the ten came during the 1929-1939 time period, and the only other one right after Black Monday. ...

Yesterday was biggest stock percentage gain since Great Depression
Bubble Meter — Yesterday wasn't just the biggest single day point gain ever for the S&P 500, it was also the biggest single day percentage gain since the Great Depression. ...

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