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Latest News in Stock Market and Investments – Sept 06, 2011

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Stocks start the week with a thud

Stocks skidded Tuesday, with the Dow industrials losing as much as 306 points, amid renewed fears of a eurozone debt crisis and concerns about the global economy.

Is the euro doomed?

After a summer fraught with uncertainty, investors in Europe returned this week from holiday to find the eurozone sovereign debt crisis may actually be getting worse.

10-year yield hits record low

Investors plowed into Treasuries Tuesday, as fears about a slowing U.S. economy and a deepening European debt crisis continued to grow, boosting demand for the safety of U.S. government debt.

Brace for limited profit forecasts

Corporate America’s strong earnings have been pushing stocks higher for more than two years now, but there are early signs that the momentum many companies have had in this miserable economy is beginning to fade away.

Jobs and Europe dominate

After a three-day weekend, investors will return to a market anxiously anticipating crises: a double-dip recession and a European debt crisis. Both have the potential to roil markets already on edge.

European stocks plunge on debt concerns

European stocks fell sharply on Monday on renewed fears of a eurozone debt crisis and concerns about the global economy.

Banks take it on the chin … again

Bank stocks sank Friday amid reports that federal housing authorities were planning to sue several financial firms for allegedly misrepresenting the value of mortgage-backed securities. And indeed, after the market closed the government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac filed suit against 17 big financial institutions.

‘No confidence’ sparks rush to safety

Fear about a liefeless economy drove traders to stock up on gold and offload oil Friday, after the government’s big jobs report showed that hiring screeched to a halt last month.

10-year Treasury yield near record low

Investors flocked to the safety of Treasuries Friday after the government released a dismal report about the U.S. job market, heightening worries about another recession.

Jobs report pushes traders to gold

A bundle of bad news hit stocks hard across the board on Friday — with the biggest blow being the August U.S. jobs report.

Emerging market bonds take on safe haven status

As they cope with the market’s twists and turns, investors are finding comfort in a new kind of security blanket: emerging market bonds.

Gold wedding bands dumped for tungsten

Forget about sentimentality and tradition.

Retailers get back-to-school sales bump

Consumers say they’re as pessimistic about the economy as they were in the middle of the Great Recession, but that didn’t stop them from opening their wallets last month.

$350,000 in cash. Time to invest?

My wife and I are 43 and have about $350,000 in retirement accounts. Over the last couple of years, I’ve moved the money between stock, bond and money-market funds. But since I’m nervous about the market, all of it is in money funds now. What’s the best way to move back into the markets? — K.A., Bay City, Mich.

5 reasons to be bullish on stocks

Debt ceiling debates! European fiscal mayhem! High unemployment! Don’t let it get you down. Your portfolio may survive just fine.

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