The DOW goes down by 210 points!

The Stock markets all over the world have seen dramatic movements both ways all over the year but none have seen the consistent negative reading that the Dow has been giving off late. Of course, it is not the Dow that is to blame but rather the investors are fast losing their faith on the US economy. Today saw the Dow Jones decline by about 210 points and according to many analysts, we should expect more of the same in the near future. The Freddie mac news of losing nearly 2 billion$ has hit the markets very hard and on top of that we had Countrywide declare some major losses as well and to make matters worse, we had the analysts downgrade Freddie mac which by the way has also led to its counterpart Frannie mae reporting huge losses as well. The stocks of both Freddie mac and Countrywide has taken quite a beating especially with the news that there may be some liquidity problems in Countrywide in the very near future.
Things are bound to get worse before they get better but the million dollar question is 'how much worse are things going to get to?'. Well, according to most economic analysts, they are going to get a whole lot worse and that what we are seeing now is nothing much compared to what is yet to happen. Of course, no one is a Nostradamus here and as such anything can happen in the future, but the fact of the matter is that as day by day goes and we keep hearing more and more bad news, we are all losing our confidence in the American economy!

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Wall street gets the hives ahead of the FED minutes!

With all the sub prime losses facing the markets, one would think that the Wall street would be reading the situation much more clearly but that has not yet happened. All that we are getting out of the Wall street these days are a knee jerk reaction to any financial data that comes out. Today was no exception, especially with the news that the Fed minutes can be expected any moment. That was all it took to blow some life back in to a heavily battered stock market.

U.S stocks meander along and the Investors are shaky!

The good news on the Housing front as regards the data of new homes sold for September was not all that great. If you were to take the data for just the month of September, the news is good, but if you were to combine the data with that of the august data, it is not good at all. The housing front is all set to push down the economy even further as the Durables goods ordered remained at a bleak low.
It seems that the Bears are here to stay for some time and it may take some courage on the part of the Feds who are meeting next week, to give this beleaguered economy some much needed firm direction.
The forex markets reacted the same way that the stocks did, positively as the data for the homes purchased was released and then negatively on the durables record. Now like the stocks the Dollar also needs direction. This kind of sideways movement on the part of the markets is not really doing much for the investors confidence and as such investors may not be all that forthcoming to invest in the future. That may well be the scenario until the Feds step in with some courageous decisions on their part. After all, if they want the Bull to come back, then they better be ready to show some red!

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Markets swayed to the music of recovery!

Markets today staged a smart recovery and i have to say that this has impressed even the most jaded traders on the floor.first of all the bad news coming out of the U.S markets had the predicted impact on all of the Asian markets and India was no exception to the rule of the day,or so we had all thought.what promised to be a blue monday soon turned to be a bright red one.with the markets swaying to the music of public sentiment,they managed to recover all that they lost and even some of the poorly preforming scrips did more than they usually do and set up records of sorts.either way at the end of the session the market had managed to gain all that was lost and some more.we can only look to tomorrow with expectant eyes!

Choppy week ahead for asian stocks!

With thew Fed rumored to cut rates soon at its meeting sometime on September 18th,all expectations are high that this will ease the credit worries in the market.this subprime scare is kind of like dropping a rock in the middle of the pond and to see the waves continuously washing over the market.that is what is happening,the markets are yet to settle down and the U.S payroll data is nit helping matters any bit yet.but all of that has made sure that the Fed will take action but to what extent is the question on every traders lips.
With the Asian markets bound to feel the impact of the dollar surges,the current season looks to be very volatile.with the current scenario,investors should be wary of making any sudden changes and wait for the markets to settle down a bit and see how they react after the Fed cuts rates on the 18th.

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America spends more!

The U.S stocks went up as a result of buoyed consumer spending.the consumers were spending more and more and as a result of that the Retails reported good profits.and as a result of the retail reports,the U.S stocks got quite a boost and saw the stocks react quite well to the news that Americans were spending more and more.in spite of the pressure on the U.S dollar against the Euro and the Yen,the American economy seems to be recovering quite well.this may also well account for the high price ranges for the Dollar-Yen trades trading around 122 to 123.
And the weakness that is perceived in the U.S economy still persists but it is the very fact of over spending by the U.S retail consumers that seems to have given the U.S economy a breather of sorts.of course the critics are calling it the 'calm before the storm' but i would much rather go by the saying 'do not look a gift horse in the mouth'.but the overwhelming opinion is that the current mood of optimism may not stay around for long especially with the housing market in the slumps and the economy burping along.so lets take a wait and see attitude as regards the U.S economy but if the consumers were to continue their spending spree well,the future for the U.S economy may well be bright!

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