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DOW JONES October 2009 Rally breaks 10,000 points

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The Dow Jones Index (14 October 2009) rose above 10,000 points for the first time since early October 2008, as US stocks powered higher. Investors cheered at the New York Stock Exchange, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the psychological 10,000 point barrier, finally closing at 10,015.86 points. This is the first time the …

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Short Selling ban on Financials extended by ASIC

ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission)  has extended its ban on the short selling of financial stocks yet again, until May 31, despite advice from international regulators that it should only be used as a temporary measure, and may imbalance markets and reduce liquidity. While the ban has been in place, financial stocks have suffered just as …

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Lehman Brothers collapse. Sep. 15, 2008. Stock Market Reactions

Sep 15, 2008. The venerable Lehman Brothers investment bank said early Monday that it will file for bankruptcy, while Bank of America unveiled plans to buy Merrill Lynch — two pieces of news that profoundly alter the American financial landscape. The fast-paced changes capped a roller-coaster Wall Street weekend and threatened to stir up U.S. financial markets …

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The Federal Reserve is Engineering the Economic Collapse

To most Americans, the Federal Reserve is just another name on their dollar bill. They don’t know that this secretive private bank controls America’s entire economic system. The Federal Reserve is no more federal than Federal Express. Created with no constitutional authority in 1913, the Fed prints money out of thin air and loans it to …

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