Stock Indexes
An understanding of the basic characteristics of the different kinds of stocks will be helpful in considering the information in this entry. (See "Stocks")
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Hong Kong stocks plummeted Tuesday, with the key index suffering
a record single-day drop amid a global market slump which has been
caused by fears of an imminent U.S. economic recession, acc...
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Tokyo's stock prices slipped Monday as traders held off moves before the release of economic data. Shanghai surged to a new record on buying of bank shares, while most other Asian markets were clos...
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Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning in response to the
record-breaking advance of the key New York stock market index and
the U.S. dollar's strength against the yen.
Th...
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U.S. stock futures were pointing to steady start Wednesday, with Intel's flattish profit margin guidance offset by better-than-forecast J.P. Morgan Chase earnings and a Procter & Gamble upgrade...
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Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not be allowed to take on more debt, the government said Friday, denying requests to relax the companies' investment caps as a way to pump ca...
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PARIS, (Reuters) - Air France said
Monday it hoped to return to normal service quickly after a
five-day cabin crew strike over pay, and added it would resume
negotiations with union representative...
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ZAGREB, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Croatia's ruling conservative HDZ
party opened coalition talks on Monday to secure another
four-year term and take the former Yugoslav republic into the
European Union a...
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ZAGREB, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Croatia's ruling conservative HDZ
party looked on course on Monday to win another four years in
power and take the nation into the European Union after a
close-fought pa...
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With the S&P 500 reaching an all-time high last week, is the time right to throw some cash behind one of the exchange traded funds that tracks it? The definitive answer is ... maybe. It depends...
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Economy: In slashing its funds rate by a full half percentage point, the Fed did more than just give wobbly markets a boost. It also gave the economy a shot in the arm that -- who knows? -- might h...
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Stock Indexes
H.K. stock market index sees record fall amid global market slump
