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After languishing for nearly six months, the Baltic Dry Index is showing signs of life. Investors can play the BDI through dry bulk shipping stocks but be forewarned: These shares are not for the easily seasick.
General Electric climbed and Citigroup fell after each announced first-quarter results this morning, and a key gauge of consumers' mood registered its highest reading since September, with the net effect of pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average up six points, or 0.07 percent, to 8,131.
American...
Bad news for autos, banks weighs on stocks, pushing Dow way down
4:30PM 3/30/2009
From Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's statement that more bank bailouts may be needed in the future to Rick Wagoner's unceremonious departure from the helm of General Motors (GM), today's news seemed too heavy for the markets to bear. Financial stocks and GM led the Dow Jones Industrial...
Today's trading was like the love interest from school that got away, but at the last minute came back. Things were looking great with a near 200 point rally on the heels of much better than expected new home sales and after durable goods posted a gain rather than another loss.
But the Treasury...
Bank stocks led the market lower today as investors worried that the Federal Reserve's move yesterday to buy long-dated Treasury bonds won't be enough to jump start the economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 86 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 7,401. Oil rose on hopes that the Fed's...
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| Symbol | Last | Change / % | Volume |
|---|
Most Actives
| 8.10 | -0.09 -1.04% | 149.19M | |
| 2.20 | +0.26 +13.40% | 94.27M | |
| 29.60 | -2.39 -7.47% | 23.82M | |
| 18.92 | -0.22 -1.12% | 23.49M |
% Gainers
| 32.67 | +8.77 +36.69% | 13.67M | |
| 88.72 | +12.33 +16.14% | 8.26M | |
| 2.20 | +0.26 +13.40% | 94.27M | |
| 10.56 | +1.16 +12.34% | 2.64M |
% Losers
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