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money.cnn.com - 2/26/2009

Tracking the bear: How bad could it get? - Feb. 25, 2009

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NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Don't let Tuesday's rally fool you. While the Dow roared back more than 236 points and the S&P 500 gained 4%, Monday's 12-year lows showed that this bear market may still grow bigger and meaner. To start the week, both the S&P 500 ( SPX ) and the Dow Jones industrial ...

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online.wsj.com - 2/25/2009

Jeremy Siegel Says the Standard and Poor's 500 Index Miscalculates Its Earnings

— online.wsj.com — JEREMY J. SIEGEL Standard & Poor's recently shocked investors with an announcement that reported earnings for its... S&P 500 Index for the fourth quarter of 2008 are forecast to be negative for the first time since such data were calculated in 1936. S&P ... (more) Jeremy Siegel Says the Standard and Poor's 500 Index ...

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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/24/2009

The S&P 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap

— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — In an earlier post on the declines that individual stocks in the S&P; 500 have seen over... the course of the index's six-day losing streak, we noted that because of their market caps, if they were being considered for inclusion into the index today, ... (more) The S&P 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap

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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/25/2009

S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High

— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — There have now only been two periods in the history of the S&P; 500 where the index... declined more than 50% from an all-time high -- 1929 and now. In the first chart below, we highlight the percentage change from the S&P; 500's most recent all-time ... (more) S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High

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Readings 02/26/09
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed — ... services to protest economy | U.S. | (Reuters) Long look at Treasury Sec Geithner paints him as a capable bureaucrat without iota of leadership – also tips eventual death struggle with Volcker (Bloomberg) Are S&P 500 Earnings Wrong? (Bespoke) Are US Banks Worthless? (Minyanville) China taxes reveal spending slowdown (Bloomberg) Jeremy Grantham on how bad the bear could get (CNN) The party on Mt Palomar during the Tour of California (VeloNews) ...

Thursday morning links
The Mess That Greenspan Made — ... $1.75 trillion deficit this year - Reuters GM Posts $9.6 Billion Loss as Wagoner Seeks New Aid - Bloomberg Japan’s Recession May Deepen After Exports Drop Record 45.7% - Bloomberg Documents Everyone Should Read to Understand the Crisis - Huffington Post Taleb Attacks Wall Street Bonuses - Naked Capitalism Three Fourths of Europe Blames the Central Banks - Jesse's Cafe The Banks's Rigged Stress Test - Beat the Press Tracking the bear: How bad could it get? - Fortune MARKETS/INVESTING Gold ...

Words From the Investment Wise Mar 1, 2009
The Big Picture — ... And finally on the stock market, in an interview with CNN Money, Jeremy Grantham draws comparisons to 1974 and 1982, when the S&P 500 lost roughly half its value. Since he estimates the current S&P 500 fair value at 900, Grantham puts his worst-case bottom at a hair-raising 450. Still, he is on a strict, slow schedule to invest as valuations dip even lower. “If you don’t have a schedule for investing, you will not do it,” he says. “When the market goes down, it reinforces the hoarding of cash. By the bottom, you suffer what we called in 1974 ...