Shareprices.com: Forecast-Beating US Job Data Completes Trio of Figures That ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Shareprices.com: Forecast-Beating US Job Data Completes Trio of Figures That ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Any fear for the economy will spark a sell-off of risk assets, meaning the heavyweight bank shares and mining stocks that dominate the blue-chip index will ...

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Stock Market News for September 3, 2010 - Zacks.com

Stock Market News for September 3, 2010
Zacks.com
The blue-chip average had jumped 254 points on Wednesday on better-than-expected manufacturing reports in China and the US The Standard & Poor's 500 index ...

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Avoid Bear Market Death - Jutia Group

Avoid Bear Market Death
Jutia Group
At that time, many blue chip Dow 30 stocks were selling at PE ratios in the 5 to 10 times range and providing yields of 10% or more. ...

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US Blue-Chip Stocks End Down Streak, Aided By Home Builders - Wall Street Journal

US Blue-Chip Stocks End Down Streak, Aided By Home Builders
Wall Street Journal
Investors also said the recent flight to bonds has helped stock valuations. "Initially, the stock market took the weaker-than-expected durable goods and ...

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Mixed-Asset Mutual Funds Offer the Best of Both Stocks and Bonds - DailyFinance

Mixed-Asset Mutual Funds Offer the Best of Both Stocks and Bonds
DailyFinance
The Franklin Income Fund (FKINX) only has about 35% of its assets in equities, but invests in blue chip dividend payers like Merck (MRK) and ExxonMobil ...

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Peru's Main Stock Indexes End Higher; Sol Strengthens - Wall Street Journal

Peru's Main Stock Indexes End Higher; Sol Strengthens
Wall Street Journal
LIMA (Dow Jones)--Peru's main stock market indexes ended higher Tuesday as a number of key blue-chip shares continued ...

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Could investors fleeing stocks become a lost generation? - USA Today

Could investors fleeing stocks become a lost generation?
USA Today
For proof, he points to the Nikkei 225, Japan's main blue-chip stock index. The index peaked on Dec. 29, 1989, at 38915.87 before a multiyear asset bubble ...

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US Stocks Fall After Fed Minutes To Cap Worst August Since '01 - Wall Street Journal

US Stocks Fall After Fed Minutes To Cap Worst August Since '01
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US blue-chip stocks fell Tuesday, piling on additional losses to cap their worst August ...

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Oil Prices Struggle Alongside Stocks - TheStreet.com

Oil Prices Struggle Alongside Stocks
TheStreet.com
Blue-chip integrated players Exxon Mobil(XOM) and Chevron(CVX) were sliding 0.7% each. Elsewhere on the Nymex, the October natural gas contract was surging ...

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HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 3, 2010 - Trading Markets (press release)

HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 3, 2010
Trading Markets (press release)
- Blue-chip clothing giant Esprit Holdings (SEHK: 0330) reported an 11 per cent fall in full-year net profit yesterday and said it would gradually shift ...

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