Where is this Economy Headed?

[Marcel R. Cyr]

I am sure most of you have seen this, but seems like everyday is showing more pestimistic news.


Market drops below 9,000

The Dow Jones dropped more than 600 points to its lowest level in five years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/...re/wall_street

The declines came on the one-year anniversary of the closing highs of the Dow and the S&P. The Dow has lost 5,585 points, or 39.4 percent, since closing at 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. It's the worst run for the Dow since the nearly two-year bear market that ended in December 1974 when the Dow lost 45 percent. The S&P 500, meanwhile, is off 655 points, or 41.9 percent, since recording its high of 1,565.15.
U.S. stock market paper losses totaled $872 billion Thursday and the value of shares over all has tumbled a stunning $8.33 trillion since last year's high. That's based on figures measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index, which tracks 5,000 U.S.-based companies' stocks and represents almost all stocks traded in America.
Thursday's sell-off came as Standard & Poor's Ratings Services put General Motors Corp. and its finance affiliate GMAC LLC under review to see if its rating should be cut. The action means there is a 50 percent chance that S&P will lower GM's and GMAC's ratings in the next three months. GM has been struggling with weak car sales in North America.
S&P also put Ford Motor Co. on credit watch negative. The ratings agency said that GM and Ford have adequate liquidity now, but that could change in 2009.
GM, one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow industrials, fell $2.15, or 31 percent, to $4.76, while Ford fell 58 cents, or 22 percent, to $2.08.
"The story is getting to be like that movie 'Groundhog Day,'" said Arthur Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co. He pointed to the still-frozen credit markets, and Libor, the bank-to-bank lending rate that remains stubbornly high despite interest rate cuts this week by the Federal Reserve and other major central banks.

Marcel

[gbeaumont]

[James F. McKee]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

I believe that to be a fair assessment.....

[whandley]

http://www.economywatch.com/market-e...t-economy.html

[Jae Williams]

That looks like my colon!!

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

That looks like my colon!!

C'mon Jae,

Show them the real mccoy (your results)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uZ18E3nWRI