Dow Jones and Bush

[abcd]

George Bush assumed office January 21 2001.

Dow Jones opened at 10,581.90 in his first day of presidency.
Today after 7.5 years Dow Jones closed at 11,147.44.
7.5 year performance is up 5.344%

The absolute high 14,280
The absolute low 7,591


Bill Clinton assumed office January 20 1993

Dow Jones opened at 3,255.99 in his first day of presidency.
Last day of presidency Dow Jones closed at 10,587.14
325.16% increase

[SAMARKANDI!]

Two wars and mega desasters, thats how they usually work, one president spends next one collects.

p.s. I believe its good time to buy debt instruments, for the next business cycle corps./businesses would need alot of financing during the expansion period. Average cycle of 10-15 years.

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[Uyyonli]

I wonder if Bill Clinton will support Obama? :)

[lilbit]

I wonder if Bill Clinton will support Obama? :)
already did

[abcd]

Very stressful day for investors. Freddie, Fannie and Lehman dragged market down and for the first time since July 2006 Dow fell below 11K. Welcome to BEAR market.

[Barbados]

already did

Because there are big chances of being vice-president of his wife if Obama wins. :lol:

[lilbit]

Because there are big chances of being vice-president of his wife if Obama wins. :lol:
did you get what you've said???

[coolio]

Because there are big chances of being vice-president of his wife if Obama wins. :lol:

Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee, he will go for elections with his VP partner. So Clinton has been out of the list.

[Barbados]

did you get what you've said???

I got it before saying it, maybe my word structure was wrong. What I mean is if Obama wins the general election, then there are big chances that Hillary Rodham Clinton will become vice-president. I hope this time it is more understandable?

[coolio]

I got it before saying it, maybe I word structure was wrong. What I mean is if Obama wins the general election, then there are big chances that Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes vice-president. I hope this time it is more understandable?
Man, nominees have running mates, aka VPs.:D

[Barbados]

Man, nominees have running mates, aka VPs.:D
Yeah you are right, but I was giving this reason for Bill`s support for Obama.
If Obama pickes Hillary it wouldn`t be good strategy for his so-called "change".

[Africa]

я тоже не думаю обама возьмёт хиллари в свой штаб. у него итак сейчас проблемы начались из-за "слишком флексибл политической линии", а тут ещё взять в офис чела с кот-м изначально были разногласия по полит.вопросам. будет смотрется как услуга за услугу.

[Royal]

I got it before saying it, maybe my word structure was wrong. What I mean is if Obama wins the general election, then there are big chances that Hillary Rodham Clinton will become vice-president. I hope this time it is more understandable?

may become vice-president.

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[abcd]

Over 100 U.S. "blue chips" now selling for under $10 a share

No, that's not Dalmatians but the number of stocks in the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 index now trading for less than $10 a share.


In fact, $10 would get you 10 shares of online broker E*Trade (NasdaqGS:ETFC - News), now the cheapest stock in the index at 98 cents a share. At the other end of this low-ball spectrum you can get a small slice of the garbage business with a share of Allied Waste (NYSE:AW - News) at $9.90.

In between lies a raft of household names, many formerly held up as blue chips, including Citigroup (NYSE:C - News; $6.40), Alcoa (NYSE:AA - News; $8.16), Xerox (NYSE:XRX - News; $5.58), Motorola (NYSE:MOT - News; $3.44), Starbucks (NasdaqGS:SBUX - News; $7.97) and Yahoo (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News; $9.14), not to mention beleaguered automakers Ford Motor (NYSE:F - News; $1.26) and General Motors (NYSE:GM - News; $2.79).

In all, the group makes up the greatest number of sub-$10 stocks in the index in at least 28 years, said Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at Standard & Poor's.

In fact, Silverblatt said it could be the most in the post-World-War II era, though he cautioned that his data reaches only as far back as 1980.

"This is definitely unusual," he said. "I think you'd have to go back as far as the 1940s, when $10 was worth more to see a similar number," he said.

According to S&P data, 101 is almost double the 59 companies with share prices below $10 in October 2001 when the dotcom meltdown was in full swing and almost triple the 35 sub-$10 stocks in October 1987.

Ten dollars is more than just a psychological barrier. Some institutional investors cannot invest in shares below $10 and some bond contracts require companies above that level.

Some other gloomy facts: only five S&P 500 companies had share prices of more than $100 on Wednesday.

So far this year, the S&P 500 has plunged 45 percent. It is now worth just over $7 trillion, the index's lowest collective market value in 11 years.

Twenty-five stocks, or five percent of the index, don't make the $1 billion mark in market cap, and just 11 exceed the $100 billion level.

In fact, a third of the entire index is not even qualified to be in the index -- 186 stocks have market caps under $4 billion, the minimum value for consideration for S&P 500 membership. http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081119/business_us_sp_10bucks.html?.v=1

f### up koroche

[Tokugawa]

...
In fact, a third of the entire index is not even qualified to be in the index -- 186 stocks have market caps under $4 billion, the minimum value for consideration for S&P 500 membership.


How frequently and by what guidelines is S&P 500 composition revised? Nikkei 225, for instance, annually has 4-5 replacements on average.

[abcd]

How frequently and by what guidelines is S&P 500 composition revised? Nikkei 225, for instance, annually has 4-5 replacements on average.
I don't know but I think it hardly matters because there were few companies left trading at S&P standards.

[HustleR]

Over 100 U.S. "blue chips" now selling for under $10 a share

No, that's not Dalmatians but the number of stocks in the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 index now trading for less than $10 a share.


In fact, $10 would get you 10 shares of online broker E*Trade (NasdaqGS:ETFC - News), now the cheapest stock in the index at 98 cents a share. At the other end of this low-ball spectrum you can get a small slice of the garbage business with a share of Allied Waste (NYSE:AW - News) at $9.90.

In between lies a raft of household names, many formerly held up as blue chips, including Citigroup (NYSE:C - News; $6.40), Alcoa (NYSE:AA - News; $8.16), Xerox (NYSE:XRX - News; $5.58), Motorola (NYSE:MOT - News; $3.44), Starbucks (NasdaqGS:SBUX - News; $7.97) and Yahoo (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News; $9.14), not to mention beleaguered automakers Ford Motor (NYSE:F - News; $1.26) and General Motors (NYSE:GM - News; $2.79).

In all, the group makes up the greatest number of sub-$10 stocks in the index in at least 28 years, said Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at Standard & Poor's.

In fact, Silverblatt said it could be the most in the post-World-War II era, though he cautioned that his data reaches only as far back as 1980.

"This is definitely unusual," he said. "I think you'd have to go back as far as the 1940s, when $10 was worth more to see a similar number," he said.

According to S&P data, 101 is almost double the 59 companies with share prices below $10 in October 2001 when the dotcom meltdown was in full swing and almost triple the 35 sub-$10 stocks in October 1987.

Ten dollars is more than just a psychological barrier. Some institutional investors cannot invest in shares below $10 and some bond contracts require companies above that level.

Some other gloomy facts: only five S&P 500 companies had share prices of more than $100 on Wednesday.

So far this year, the S&P 500 has plunged 45 percent. It is now worth just over $7 trillion, the index's lowest collective market value in 11 years.

Twenty-five stocks, or five percent of the index, don't make the $1 billion mark in market cap, and just 11 exceed the $100 billion level.

In fact, a third of the entire index is not even qualified to be in the index -- 186 stocks have market caps under $4 billion, the minimum value for consideration for S&P 500 membership. http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081119/business_us_sp_10bucks.html?.v=1

f### up koroche

Now is the time to buy stocks if you have some cash, thats what it means :-) and if you bought it when they were up, my deep condolences.
As you know, this is a "free market", it is working the way it is supposed to be up, its got its ups and downs, so we are now when the prices are down, some of them will surely go up again, there is no way that they all go bankrupt. Good luck.

[HustleR]

Dell (DELL:10.10, -0.25, -2.4%) is forecast to earn 33 cents a share on $16.5 billion in sales, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. During the same period a year ago, Dell earned 34 cents a share on revenue of $15.65 billion.
However, analyst outlooks calling for weakness in the semiconductor and PC sectors have cast a pall over Dell's report. Several analysts have lowered their estimates for worldwide PC growth in 2009, and on Wednesday, the Semiconductor Industry Association said chip sales are likely to decline next year for the first time since 2001. See full story.
Toni Sacconaghi, of Bernstein Research, said that while Dell might be able to improve its operating margins next year, "weaker revenue growth and a potentially more difficult industry pricing environment are likely to limit the company's progress."
Sacconaghi cut his earning forecast for Dell's 2009 fiscal year to $1.30 a share from $1.44, and also lowered his target price on the company's stock to $15 from $27. On Thursday, Dell's shares were down 26 cents, or 2.5%, to trade at $10.10.
Last week, BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman cut his rating on Dell's stock to market perform from outperform. In a research note, Bachman said there weren't enough positive opportunities for Dell's shares over the next year to be more upbeat on the stock.
Bachman called Dell's third-quarter results "a prelude to more poor results" in 2009, due to a weak outlook for consumer spending as well as expected declines in planned buying by Dell's core business-customer base.
Bachman cut his outlook for worldwide PC growth next year to 5% from 6%, after earlier estimating that PC sales would rise 11.7% over 2008

- from marketwatch