ThursdayJan 10, 2008 6:31 pm

Daily Views for January 10, 2008

Airlines, Banks and Gold --- The stock markets extended yesterday’s advance to a second day, with the Dow up 118 points to 12853, the S&P 500 up 11 points to 1420 and NASDAQ ahead 14 points to 2489. The biggest news weighing in was from Fed Chairman Bernanke, who gave the impression of interest rate cuts at the January 29th meeting. Gold also continued to advance, hitting $897 an ounce before closing at $892, $11 more than yesterday.Two gold stocks showcased yesterday are fully participating in this move --- Yamana Gold (AUY: $16.30; Mkt Value: $6 B) up $0.62, or…

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ThursdayJan 10, 2008 5:34 am

Daily Views for January 9, 2008

    The Oracle of Omaha has spoken. Bond Insurance is in; Western Union is out The stock market recovered some lost ground today --- the Dow was up 146 points to 12735, the S&P 500 was up 19 points to 1409 and NASDAQ ahead 33 points to 2475. Though recovering a tad from the beating the markets have taken since Day 2 of 2008. The major stock indexes are still off 4% YTD. These are times when gold comes to mind, and indeed, the price of gold reached a record $894 per ounce today on the New York Mercantile…

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WednesdayJan 09, 2008 9:42 am

Daily Views for 1/8/2008

The Odd Couple The stock market took a hit on all fronts today. All three major stock markets were off 2%. The Dow sank a whopping 238 points to 12589, the S&P 500 was down 26 points to 1390 and NASDAQ off 59 points to 2441. The major American stock market averages are now down 5% from the start of the year. Not a good start to 2008, the year of the Rat on the Lunar calendar. Today’s market results lend credibility to the Wall Street adage “Better Standard than Poor”…and there wasn’t much that was standard today. Among the…

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