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nytimes.com - 11/26/2008

The New York Times > Business > Image > The Government

— nytimes.com — The Government's Committments (more) The New York Times > Business > Image > The ...

Government

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topics.nytimes.com - 11/25/2008

Credit Crisis - News - The New York Times

— topics.nytimes.com — Latest Developments: Updated: Nov. 29, 2008 Overview In the fall of 2008, the credit crunch, which had... emerged a little more than a year before, ballooned into Wall Street's biggest crisis since the Great Depression. As hundreds of billions in ... (more) Credit Crisis - News - The New York Times

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Credit Crisis

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ritholtz.com - 11/24/2008

Worst Calls of 2008

— ritholtz.com — I received a call form a journalist asking me what were the worst calls for 2008 —... by the media, by the specific pundits, and others. My initial reaction was anything Ben Stein said in print, and anything Don Luskin said on Kudlow & Co.  ... (more) Worst Calls of 2008

Ben Stein

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And You Thought 1931 Was Bad
The Big Picture — ... choose to, or are forced to, reduce their borrowing. Standard & Poor’s has been keeping statistics on the breadth of the 500 stocks in the index only since 1980. Until now, 2001 was the worst year on record in that regard, when just 131 of them rose. But unless there is a substantial year-end rally, that figure could be 10 times the one for 2008.” > And here is your Sunday morning chart porn: > > Source: And You Thought 1931 ...

S&P 500 Worst Year on Record? Covestor Members Don't Think So
Covestor and CVIM Blog — ... Last week the New York Times pointed out that the S&P 500 could have its worst year on record, even surpassing the 1930s crash during the great depression. This graph from the article depicts just how poorly the market has performed relative to history. ...