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Stocks Seek to Extends Gains Following Report Showing Employment Remains Stable
AP (of course) ^ | 1/24/08 | jdsteel

Posted on 01/24/2008 7:13:24 AM PST by jdsteel

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street sought to extend its gains Thursday, a day after stocks staged an extraordinary reversal and after weekly figures on workers seeking unemployment benefits suggested the job market is holding up.

Investors will try as the trading day unfolds to determine whether the market's late-day comeback Wednesday was in part due to technical reasons or whether it represented any shift in sentiment.

(Excerpt) Read more at biz.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: market
AP still tries to badmouth even good news. OK, NOW do you Buy, Sell or Hold? I continue to dollar cost average in.
1 posted on 01/24/2008 7:13:26 AM PST by jdsteel
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To: jdsteel

Sooner or later investors are going to wake up to the “sky is falling” scenario is a bunch of crap. If the Fed. lowers it’s rates again next week, watch for a lot of refinancing that is going to pump lots of money into the economy around April. I have a 5.75% note, and if I can get a point or more lower, I will jump on it.


2 posted on 01/24/2008 7:25:34 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: jdsteel

that got me killed in 2001.

i have moved to the sidelines for awhile.


3 posted on 01/24/2008 7:32:10 AM PST by stylin19a
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