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• Global Stock Markets: We All Fall Down!

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-07

  Prieur du Plessis submits: Investors not only returned to a shortened trading week after the Labor Day holiday on Monday, but also to a bruising on stock markets, at least for those with long equity positions. Concerns about the global economic outlook and continued financial duress spooked burses...

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• Financial Markets: The Era of Caution

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-31

  Prieur du Plessis submits: The gyrations of financial markets ahead of the Labor Day weekend tested the patience of bulls and bears alike. As big swings took place in thinly-traded markets, I was reminded of Albert Schweitzer’s words: As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become...

  Tags: US Market, Amazon.com Inc., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust, CurrencyShares Euro Trust, CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust, Ryder System Inc., United States Oil Fund LP

• Monday, August 25: Week in Review

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-25

  Jonathan Cavuoto submits: Stocks turned in a repeat, ho-hum performance last week; the Dow, up two days to gain 310 points and down three days to give all but 30 points back, closed at 11628. The S&P 500 wasn’t much different, nor the NASDAQ Composite. In fact, the stock market’s...

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