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		<title>(XLE) Stock Market News for March 26, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/28/xle-stock-market-news-for-march-26-2012-market-news/96655</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy and basic materials took the benchmarks modestly higher on Friday, snapping a three-day losing streak. However, meager gains failed to prevent the Dow and S&#38;P 500 from suffering their worst weekly performance this year. Global economic concerns weighed on investors through the week and their influence carried onto Friday. Moreover, tepid housing data made matters worse on Friday, limiting gains. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) gained 0.3% and closed the day at 13,080.73. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) was also up 0.3% and finished Friday’s trading session at 1,397.11. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index edged up 0.1% and settled at 3,067.92. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) lost 4.8% and closed at 14.82. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLF) Stock Market News for February 7, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/07/xlf-stock-market-news-for-february-7-2012-market-news/91397</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the European leaders urged Greece to adhere to new austerity measures in order to receive the next installment of its bailout package, debt woes returned to the forefront and US markets dropped a few points. Even though markets receded from t multi-year highs, benchmarks recouped most of their losses by the end of the day and settled marginally lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) dropped 0.1% to finish the day at 12,845.13. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) edged down 0.04% and signed off yesterday’s trading session virtually unchanged at 1,344.33. The tech-laden Nasdaq Compoiste Index was down to 2,901.99, shedding a mere 0.1%. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) gained 3.9% to settle at 17.76. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock ]]></description>
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		<title>(EU) Stock Market News for January 12, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/eu-stock-market-news-for-january-12-2012-market-news/90067</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[European debt concerns once again weighed down the markets and dragged the Dow slightly lower, while the S&#38;P 500 and Nasdaq posted meager gains. Reports of Germany’s economy contracting during the end of 2011 and a downward revision of economic growth estimates by the European Union (EU) dented the markets. However, a late upward swing helped the markets extend their stay around five-month high levels. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) dropped 0.1% to settle at 12,449.45. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) edged up by a mere 0.03% to finish yesterday’s trading session at 1,292.48. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 0.3% to close at 2,710.76. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) rose 1.7% to settle at 21.05. On the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and Nasdaq, consolidated ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLI) Stock Market News for September 14, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/14/xli-stock-market-news-for-september-14-2011-market-news/83160</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets registered their first back-to-back gains this month, as industrial and material stocks helped push the benchmarks higher. The trading session was significantly calm compared to the high levels of volatility that the markets endured since early last month. For the first time since July 26, the Dow traded in a narrow range of a little over 150 points. Hopes about European leaders taking steps to resolve the Greek debt crisis also helped the markets’ uptrend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained 0.4% and finished the day at 11,105.85. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) was up 0.9% and settled at 1,172.87. The Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 2,532.15, after gaining 1.5%. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index hovered around 38, reflecting lingering fears among investors. Consolidated volumes on ]]></description>
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		<title>(XRT) Report Shows U.S. Consumer is Alive and Kicking</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/18/xrt-report-shows-u-s-consumer-is-alive-and-kicking/79298</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, I wrote a piece titled &#8220;The Seven &#8216;C&#8217;s&#8217; of Recovery Optimism&#8221; with my last, and possibly weakest, point for the continuing economic expansion being the resiliency of the American consumer. Today, I will highlight where the strong consumer is spending her money and how that&#8217;s driving the earnings and stock prices of several top companies. First, a few points about where I got this wrong and where I got it right in the last two years. This is what I said yesterday about my previously cynical view of the consumer&#8217;s ability to recover from the credit crisis: &#8220;Here was one I got way wrong in 2009 and 2010. I thought the American consumer would be slow to spend again as she reconstituted her balance sheet and her debt. ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLE) Stock Market News for July 14, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/14/xle-stock-market-news-for-july-14-2011-market-news/79065</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remarks from the Federal Chairman came to the rescue of the markets on Wednesday after he indicated a possible third round of economic stimulus. Subsequently, the markets ended their four-day losing streak and benchmarks ended in the green. Moreover, an encouraging report from China on its economic growth ensured that indices closed the day in positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) ended 0.2% higher at 12,491.61. The Standard &#38; poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) settled at 1,317.72 after gaining 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 0.5% to finish the day at 2,796.92. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index had plunged 9% during the day following the Fed chairman’s testimony before congress, but it finally edged 0.2% higher to trade over 19. Volumes continued to be weak and on the New ]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Review &#8211; Risky assets last week again marched higher</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/09/weekly-review-risky-assets-last-week-again-marched-higher/12208</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risky assets last week again marched higher to the tune of economic data supporting the argument of a global economic recovery. A realization among investors that the economic transition from recession to recovery was gaining momentum resulted in many global stock markets and commodities scaling fresh peaks for the year. Source: Steve Breen The S&#38;P 500 Index closed the week above the psychological 1,000 level, marking its highest level since November and capping four consecutive weeks of gains. And more upside lies ahead, said Abby Joseph Cohen, Goldman Sachs’ market strategist, who expects the Index to reach the 1,100 point by year end. (Is this a contrary indicator coming from a permabull?) Many commodities such as crude oil, copper, aluminum, nickel, lead and zinc hit their highest levels of the ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLF) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 4 – 10, 2009)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the definitions of “stress” offered by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium”. Well, any bodily or mental tension investors might have been suffering from as a result of financial factors were shrugged off on Thursday with the announcement by US regulators that ten of the nation’s largest banks had to add a total of “only” $74.6 billion in equity following the completion of stress tests. However, whether this will indeed restore the equilibrium remains to be seen. Source: Walt Handelsman The diagram below, courtesy of the Financial Times, summarizes the stress test results in a nutshell. Click here or on the image below for a larger graphic. Source: Financial Times As investors welcomed the less-than-feared stress-test ]]></description>
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