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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
On a day when the market is scared to death, and people are screaming that the end is nigh, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) was up 4.28%. This was on no real news. Nvidia has fallen from its 52 week high of $39.67 to a recent $8.80. It closed today at ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
So goes oil, so goes the airlines.
As oil continues to drop, the airline stocks have been on an absolute tear. This is in contrast to the overall market which has been generally miserable.
At the time of this writing:
Delta Airlines (NYSE:DAL) is up 24% today and up 79% in the ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
With Bank of America and Chevron entering the Dow Jones Industrial average today, I thought it would be a good time to discuss exactly what this closely watched stock market indicator is, and how it is configured and calculated. History The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was originally, as its ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
"Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett in the 2004 Berkshire Hathaway Letter to ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Despite a rough showing in the fourth quarter, the US stock market ended the year with gains.
The Dow Jones industrials ended the year up 6.4% while the NASDAQ was up 9.8%. The S&P 500 was up only 3.5% due to the index being heavily weighted with financial stocks, which ...
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