online.barrons.com - 1/17/2009
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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A week makes! Last week, I wrote in this column that technical conditions were still constructive for a resumption of the short-term rally. Within days, the positive signs I saw evaporated, and now the bears have resumed control. As December ended, the Standard & Poor's 500 ...
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Where Is That ETF Rally?
ETF Trends —
... ) , moving above its 50-day average, which would have signaled a favorable change in the market’s short-term trend, writes Michael Kahn for ...
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Corporate Bonds Don’t Believe the Rally
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