Stock market kicks off September with strong gains Wednesday
NEW YORK —The stock market started September with a jolt, turning sharply higher Wednesdayafter a pair of encouraging reports on manufacturing sent investors seeking out riskier investments. Prices for the safest assets — Treasurys, gold and the dollar — all fell.

Stock market kicks off September with strong gains
NEW YORK —The stock market started September with a jolt, turning sharply higher today after a pair of encouraging reports on manufacturing sent investors seeking out riskier investments. Prices for the safest assets — Treasurys, gold and the dollar — all fell.

Stock Market Valuation September 1st 2010
By Jacob Wolinsky. I updatemarket valuations on a monthly basis. The point of this article is to measure the stock market based on six different metrics. This article does not look at the macro picture and try to predict where the economy is headed. It only uses these six metrics which have been very good past indicators of whether the market is fairly valued. Read more » »

Robert Reich: The Stock Market Rally Versus the World's Economic Fundamentals
Pay no attention to the stock market. The real economy is jobs and paychecks, what people buy and what they sell. And the real economy -- even viewed from a worldwide perspective -- is as precarious as ever, perhaps more so.

How the Stock Market and Economy Really Work
The stock market does not work the way most people think, writes Kel Kelly. One commonly held belief is that a stock-market boom is the reflection of a progressing economy. Not so: it mostly reflects money creation.

Stock Market Drops, Even With Increased Income and Spending
The stock market has seen better days, as many Americans know and feel. On Monday, stock futures fell slightly despite reports of increased consumer spending and personal income. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, consumer spending rose 0.4% in July and income rose 0.2%. On average, spending is up 0.1% over four months, while incomes have averaged a 2.5% gain since April. While these ...

Stock Market Closes Down Despite Rise in Consumer Spending
The U.S. stock market closed sharply lower Monday as a consumer spending report failed to give investors much of a lift. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in July and income was up 0.2 percent.

Optimistic about the stock market
Tuesday's bad economic news, and the sharp selloff that resulted, are the latest signs that the stock-market decline is still going on.

Stock Market News for September 2, 2010
Today's futures suggest a flat to slightly higher open as investors remain circumspect ahead of Friday's important payroll report.

Iran Risks Crash With Record Stock Market Boom, Say Economists
A record boom in Tehran's stock market will end in a spectacular crash that could trigger a prolonged depression producing multiple bankruptcies, mass unemployment, and acute economic hardship, analysts say. -Robert Tait, RFE

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Stock market kicks off September with strong gains
NEW YORK — Stocks jumped Wednesday after surprisingly strong growth in U.S. and Chinese manufacturing allayed some of the worries that had been building over the ...

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By Natsuko Waki. LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - World stocks hit a two-week high on Thursday and oil prices rose as optimism from strong U.S. and Chinese manufacturing data ...

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By Chuck Mikolajczak. NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher Thursday after Wall Street's best day in eight weeks and ahead of jobless claims and ...

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Could investors fleeing stocks become a lost generation?
Despite all the doom and gloom, not everyone on Wall Street believes that investors will stay away from the stock market for years, if not decades.

EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stocks slip ahead of U.S. jobs data
SAO PAULO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Latin American stocks edged lower on Thursday as investors booked profits one day ahead of the release of key U.S. jobs data. But gains ...

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