Stocks | Stocks End Week Down, With Investors Worried About Growth And Greece

May 20, 2012 – 7:45 am
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NEW YORK- U.S. stocks chalked up another weekly loss, with Facebook Inc.’s debut on Wall Street on Friday failing to live up to the hype and on concerns about prospects for global growth.”Everyone’s attention is on Europe, but the larger theme is investors are now scared about where growth is going to come from,” said John De Clue, regional investment director for U.S. Bank Wealth Management in

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Stocks | Whacking Stocks: Investing Like A Mobster

May 20, 2012 – 5:31 am
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The stock market has taken an 8 percent hit since early April as the European debt mess boils up again. Sunset Hills money-manager Joe Terril says investor behavior reminds him of a scene in the movie Casino.It’s a mob movie, and a bunch of Mafia chieftains are discussing who might rat them out to the FBI. One guy in question is Andy Stone.NICKY: It’s always better with no witnesses. So, what

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Stocks | Aust Stocks Continue To Tumble

May 20, 2012 – 4:27 am
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Australian stocks continued to tumble at noon after local investors panicked over the debt crisis in Europe.Australian shares opened at their lowest level this year and then continued their descent all morning in response to falls on Europe’s main stock markets and the euro hitting a new four-month low against the US dollar.However, Lonsec strategist Michael Heffernan said Australian shares had

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Stocks | Stocks Drop A Sixth Straight Day

May 20, 2012 – 3:35 am
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“There was way too much hype with Facebook,” said Philip Orlando, the New York-based chief equity strategist at Federated Investors. His firm oversees about $370 billion. “If it had enjoyed a better move, there would have been some coattails for the broader market. There’s pessimism related to Greece, there’s a G-8 meeting and nobody knows what’s going to come out of

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Stocks | Asia Stocks Fall On US, Eurozone Worries

May 20, 2012 – 3:23 am
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BANGKOK (AP) ” Asian stocks plunged Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country eurozone.Japan’s Nikkei 225 plummeted 2.4 percent to 8,660.23, as a strengthening yen battered the country’s behemoth export sector.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 2.1 percent to 18,802.45 and Australia’s SP/ASX 200 dropped 2.2 percent to

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Stocks | London Stocks Slip Despite Facebook Fervour

May 20, 2012 – 1:37 am
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London stocks again ended lower on Friday after nervous trade, despite the fervour surrounding Facebook ‘s stock flotation in New York as concerns over the eurozone prevailed.The benchmark FTSE 100 dropped 1.33 percent to end at 5,267.62 points.Shares on Wall Street briefly bucked the trend amid excitement over the social network’s historic market debut, but later turned lower as the stock

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Stocks | China Solar Stocks Slump Again After U.S. Trade Move

May 19, 2012 – 4:42 pm
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(Reuters) – Solar stocks slumped to fresh lows on Friday as investors continued to punish Chinese solar companies a day after the United States said it would impose new duties on imports from the world’s leading solar manufacturer.Suntech Power Holdings (NYS: STP – News ) was down 4.2 percent, Trina Solar Ltd (NYS: TSL – News ) slid 5 percent and Yingli Green Energy (NYS: YGE – News ) dropped 7.5

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Stocks | STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Shares Fall More, Down 4 Pct This Week

May 19, 2012 – 3:41 pm
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Singapore shares extended their fall on concerns aboutgrowing instability in Spanish banks and political turmoil inGreece, with banks, property and commodities stocks in thecity-state among the hardest hit.The Straits Times Index dropped as much as 2.1percent to 2,762.81 points, the lowest since Jan 16. TheSingapore bourse has lost more than 4 percent so far this week.Southeast Asia’s largest

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Penny Stocks | Penny Stocks Formula – Does It Work? By Chris Palmer

May 19, 2012 – 2:03 pm
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BasicsI am a long-time traditional stock trader. It is advised, when reading new spectaculair programs and/or systems, to use money that you can afford to lose. I have won a little and lost some on the stock market, but now I am looking to win more than lose. I easily check out the word on the street and listen to what the so-called professional traders say. Normally it is good to listen to the

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Stocks | Stocks Down For Third Week Amid Facebook Frenzy

May 19, 2012 – 1:12 pm
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U.S. stocks were lower for the third straight week on Greece and European debt worries while Facebook’s ( FB – News ) highly anticipated IPO was a disappointment in the first day of trading Friday.A social media etf fell sharply on Friday amid the Facebook IPO. [Social Media ETF Down as Facebook Begins Trading] Stepping back, U.S. stocks continue to move lower on speculation Greece will soon leave

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