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As the US economy "officially" enters recession, the markets slide about 2% for the week, but staged a comeback on Friday after absorbing the worst job loss since 1974. The Dow traded in an almost 570 point range. Year-to-date, the Dow is down about 35% while the S&P and NASDAQ have fallen 40% or greater.
Index Impact:
-3M [MMM
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-McDonald's [MCD
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**2 Dow components are now positive for the year: WMT is up almost 23% YTD and MCD is now up over 6% YTD
-Exxon [XOM
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-Wal-Mart [WMT
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-Amazon.com [AMZN
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-Cisco [CSCO
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For the week, seven out of ten S&P 500 sectors were negative led by Energy, down over 11%. Consumer Discretionary stocks led to the upside, up almost 4% for the week.
Energy was dragged down by Chesapeake Energy [CHK Loading... ()
] down over 34% for the weekThe Consumer Discretionary sector was helped by retail and housing:
-Sears [SHLD Loading... ()
] was up almost 29% for the week, and Bed Bath & Beyond was up over 21% for the week-Centex [CTX Loading... ()
] was up 27.95% for the week, Lennar up over 27.43% for the week, and KB Home was up 22.10% for the week. |
Oil fell below $41 per barrel on Friday, or its lowest level in four years, to settle at $40.81 per barrel.
Year-to-date, Oil is down nearly 58%.
Gas Prices Continue to fall: The AAA current national average for regular gas is $1.773 per gallon down 41.56% from a year ago when the average was $3.034 per gallon.
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The US dollar rose versus the pound sterling and Swedish krona, as investors sought refuge in the greenback amid another round of rate cuts in Europe this week (Global Interest Rates). However, the dollar lost ground against the yen, as investors favor the Japanese currency low-yielding status.
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