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Halloween Week Not So Scary on the Markets (Weekly Financial Review, Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2011)
Halloween week wasn’t so scary in the markets, with very little movement on Monday at all, and increases on both Wednesday and Thursday in the major U.S. indexes. U.S. markets ended slightly down on Friday, after an unstable week of gains and losses. The S&P was the hardest hit, down -7.92 points, or 0.63% to…
Read MoreThe Week That Never Happened
As many Americans were looking forward to starting the long Labor Day weekend in the United States, markets worldwide began sliding again on Friday. HAPPY LABOR DAY Ironically timed with Labor Day, the U.S. Department of Labor reported zero job growth for the first time in over 66 years. The last time the numbers came…
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