http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/djia/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:07:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098634/posts DJIA just prior to House defeat of bailout: 10843 DJIA close the day after House defeat of bailout: 10850 DJIA just prior to Senate approval of bailout: 10831 DJIA close the day after Senate approval of bailout: 10482 DJIA just prior to House approval of bailout: 10679 DJIA close the day after House approval of bailout:??? 9999 and dropping DJIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098634/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:07:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098329/posts Wall Street is reacting negatively to the passage of the banking bailout plan. Stock index futures, which give an indication of how trading will proceed when the market opens Monday, were down over 150 points at 8:30pm EST Sunday evening. Japan's Nikkei stock average has fallen 275 points (2.52%) on Monday (local time) despite President Bush's signing of the financial bailout bill. DJIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098329/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096794/posts Wooohooooooo. We have been saved by the socialists... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096794/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096911/posts Down Jones thanked congress for the bailout today by losing nearly 160 points. Self w/Link to MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096911/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:05:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096905/posts DJIA down 165.83 at the bell. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096905/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096889/posts The Dow gives up 313-point advance after $700 billion bailout is passed on second try. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks erased most of the session's gains Friday afternoon as investors took a 'buy the rumor, sell the news' reaction to the House approval of a $700 billion bailout bill. Credit markets remained frozen, despite the vote, with two measures of bank jitters rising to record highs. Investors also looked to Wells Fargo's planned purchase of Wachovia and a dismal job market report. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096889/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096912/posts Unofficial closing numbers: 10,326.34 -156.51 (-1.49%) Lets do some math: $800 Billion-the new cost of the bailout package as 100 billion in sweeteners was added. $300 Billion program announced today to redo peoples mortgages.$630 Billion the The Federal Reserve will pump into the global financial system $600 Billion spending bill that funds the government into March$180 Billion the Federal Reserve pumped into the system last week DJIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096912/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:05:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095717/posts Lets do some math: $800 Billion-the new cost of the bailout package as 100 billion in sweeteners was added. $300 Billion program announced today to redo peoples mortgages.$630 Billion the The Federal Reserve will pump into the global financial system $600 Billion spending bill that funds the government into March$180 Billion the Federal Reserve pumped into the system last week DJIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095717/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:49:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094444/posts In a shocking turn of events the sky refused to defy physics today as the stock market rallied. The Mainstream Media (MSM) showed its frustration that not passing the bailout did not cause the complete breakdown of the system and those who voted against the bailout showed how unfazed and fearless they were by taking a vacation (which possibly included a few naps. Still unconfirmed) S&P/TSX 11886.26 +601.19 TSX V 1416.28 +34.25 DJIA 10835.61 +470.16 NASDAQ 2088.12 +104.39 S&P 500 1161.57 +55.18 I am shocked that all of the media's worst fears did not come to fruition. How dare the... Voices in the Wilderness http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094444/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:36:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094373/posts Markets Surge After Historic Sell-Off By JOE BEL BRUNO and TIM PARADIS, AP posted: 2 MINUTES AGOcomments: 339PrintShare Text SizeAAANEW YORK (Sept. 30) - Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. But the seized-up credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief. One day after the biggest point drop in its history, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 485 points, or more than 4.5 percent - the latest in a string of extraordinarily volatile days... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094373/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094212/posts Dow +411.30up+3.97% 10,776.75 moneycentral.msn.com/investor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094212/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:44:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094205/posts NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks rallied Tuesday afternoon as investors scooped up shares battered in the bloodletting that followed Congress' failure to pass a $700 billion bank rescue plan. But credit markets remained frozen. Several closely-watched measures of bank lending fear hit all-time highs, as firms continued to hoard funds. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094205/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094245/posts The DJIA closed at 10,850.26, up +484.81 (4.68%) after yesterdays losses. The largest one-day point gain in the Dow, an advance of 499.19, or 4.93%, occurred on March 16, 2000. The Standard & Poor's 500 (SPX) index rose 4.6% and the Nasdaq composite (COMP) gained about 4.3%. Google Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094245/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2094239/posts Just posting a headline as we will see it little place else from the MSM. vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2094239/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:10:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093879/posts Stocks in New York bounded higher at Tuesday's open following a massive selloff in the previous session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 204 points at 10,569, and the S&P 500 was adding 28 points to 1134. The Nasdaq climbed 49 points to 2033. The Street http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093879/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:10:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093703/posts Check the Dow Futures here. Who knows what they will be Tuesday Morning. But they are up at 12:27 am Tuesday. Clinton News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093703/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:43:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093412/posts NEW YORK (AFP) - Wall Street blue-chip stocks suffered their worst single-day point decline Monday as markets went into convulsions after US lawmakers rejected a massive rescue of the financial system. The plunge came with investors already fretting over a deepening of banking sector problems in Europe and the United States, with at least three banks saved with government aid. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 777.68 points (6.98) percent to close at 10,365.45 in its biggest single-day point decline ever. The slide eclipsed a 684-point drop on September 17, 2001, when the markets reopened following the September 11 terror... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093412/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:35:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093459/posts One of our favorite New Yorker cartoons has a picture of a small vendor, “Tip Top Variety,” holding a going out of business sale. In the window of the store appears a large sign, which reads, in part, “Slapped-by-the-Invisible-Hand-of-the-Marketplace-Sale.” While the cartoon can be understood as commentary on the harsh and ugly side of capitalism, it reminds us that capitalism and the market economy are based on a system of profit and loss. Imprudent decisions by business owners, whether it be the owner of “Tip Top” or the executives of Washington Mutual or Lehman Brothers, require correction. If the correction... AJC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093459/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:50:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093355/posts The Dow suffered its worst one-day point loss ever on Monday after the House of Representatives failed to pass a $700 billion financial bailout plan aimed at rescuing Wall Street from the most serious credit crisis since the Great Depression. The dramatic day on Wall Street also saw Citigroup take over Wachovia's banking operations in a government-assisted deal and the second-largest percentage drop in crude oil since April 2003. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093355/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:33:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093319/posts Stocks tumble as financial bailout plan fails in House vote; credit tightens further Wall Street plunged precipitously Monday, at one point sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 735 points as investors feared that the failure of the government's financial rescue plan in the House will force the country into a worsening credit and economic credit risis. As the vote was shown on TV, stocks plunged and investors fled to the safety of the credit markets, worrying that the financial system would now keep sinking under the weight of failed mortgage debt. Yahoo Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093319/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088013/posts ...other additions the Democrats are asking to the administration package, according to a draft of the plan ... -- Judges could rewrite mortgages to lower bankrupt homeowners' monthly payments. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088013/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086064/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sweeping government measures to rescue the financial system and restore confidence in shaky markets spurred a huge relief rally in stocks on Friday, ending a week that saw the most dramatic reshaping of the financial landscape since the Great Depression. Led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, officials are working on a solution to take over hundreds of billions of dollars worth of lethal mortgage debt. In another extraordinary action, the U.S. joined the United Kingdom in temporarily banning bets that financial stocks will fall and also said it will use $50 billion to back money-market mutual... REUTERS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086064/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:21:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085298/posts The rally explodes on reports that the government may create a vehicle to take over banks' bad debt. Crude oil is up slightly, and gold briefly tops $900. Morgan Stanley and Washington Mutual are reportedly seeking buyers. MSN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085298/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:21:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084643/posts NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks plummeted Wednesday, with the Dow industrials falling 449 points in its second worst session of the year, as the government's emergency rescue of AIG amplified fears about the stability of financial markets. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084643/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:32:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083285/posts Experts say it was the DOW's worst day since the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. For the first time in seven years, the DOW closed down 504 points. This is comes after news financial giant Lehman Brothers has gone bankrupt and Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America. Both were in trouble but unlike Bear Stearns six months ago, there was no bailout from the federal government this time. Jan Dunham told News 10NBC today, “There's a lot of things happening today that isn't good and it is kind of scary.” Janele Robinson said, “It just sends a... News10NBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083285/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:43:31 GMT