247wallst.com - 2/24/2009
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If you thought the Conference Board’s reading of consumer confidence was bad at 37.4 in January, you should see the carnage in February. Economists were expecting a mild decline from already-suppressed levels down to 35 to 36 depending upon which consensus source you used. This reading ...
econompicdata.blogspot.com - 2/25/2009
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/25/2009
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Economists were expecting today's report on Consumer Confidence
for February to come in at 35, which would...
have been the lowest level on record. The actual number however, came in much lower at a level of 25. Not only is this the lowest reading on ...
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Consumer Confidence: Worst on Record
marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 2/25/2009
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Closing Bell: Dow up; Bernanke must have bought stocks; JPM, HD, MRVL, AIG, AXP
BloggingStocks —
Filed under: Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), American Express (AXP), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL)If you can believe it, finally a rally. The death of consumer confidence was trumped by a piece of Ben Bernanke testimony which took away at least an immediate rush into nationalism off the table. It has been a while since the Fed Head has run the market, and the comments were finite enough and open enough that you'd think he bought stocks. This led most of the financials higher, but it was still ...
Closing Bell: Dow up; Bernanke must have bought stocks; JPM, HD, MRVL, AIG, AXP
BloggingStocks —
Filed under: Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), American Express (AXP), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL)If you can believe it, finally a rally. The death of consumer confidence was trumped by a piece of Ben Bernanke testimony which took away at least an immediate rush into nationalism off the table. It has been a while since the Fed Head has run the market, and the comments were finite enough and open enough that you'd think he bought stocks. This led most of the financials higher, but it was still ...
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