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Latest News in Stock Market and Investments – August 25, 2010

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Housing gloom hangs over stocks

Another day of dismal housing news sent stocks lower Wednesday, after a government report showed new home sales dropped to a record low.

Stocks lose big on home sales shock

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday after a report showing showing a worse-than-expected plunge in existing home sales reignited fears about an economic slowdown.

Global economy going nowhere fast

So much for merger mania getting investors excited.

BlackBerry crumble: Why RIM is in trouble

In many businesses, it’s not the worst thing in the world to be second or even third biggest.

Stocks slump at the close

U.S. stocks ended a choppy day of trading lower Monday, as a dismal economic outlook overshadowed earlier optimism fueled by takeover talk.

Treasurys edge higher

Prices for U.S. Treasurys rose slightly Monday as investors braced for $102 billion in auctions and several economic reports.

Stocks in for summer slip ‘n’ slide

Stocks are likely to face another choppy, downtrodden week, but that’s no big surprise.

5 investing bubbles

Even after multiple crashes, investors still tend to pile into overheated sectors. From the Chinese economy to gold, a look at the biggest risks today.

Dow and S&P post 2nd week of losses

Stocks ended mostly lower Friday as investors continued to react to the week’s downbeat economic reports that have raised concern about a double-dip recession.

Treasury yields end rough week higher

Treasury yields rebounded Friday after hovering near yearly lows in earlier trading, as stocks trimmed losses.

‘Historically bad week’ for oil

It’s been a dismal week for the economy all around, with an abundance of gloomy data pummeling recovery hopes. The oil market felt the brunt of the blows.

Treasury yields slip to yearly lows … again

Treasury yields slid Thursday after a report from the government showed a surprise jump in initial jobless claims to the highest level in nine months.

Stocks that can take a double dip

Personally, I have no idea whether the economy is headed for a double-dip downturn, as some now predict. And frankly, no one else does either.

Dollar advances on global slowdown fears

The dollar turned higher this week as jittery investors flocked to the greenback for its safe-haven appeal amid fears of a global economic slowdown.

European stocks: Still valuable

David Marcus’s past is filled with triumph and defeat. In the ’90s he was a star protg of mutual fund king Michael Price, the value manager who made a killing for investors in his Mutual Series funds. Marcus ran three funds there with more than $14 billion in assets and was labeled a European stock-picking ace by the press.

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