Telecoms were going to carry workers along the information superhighway to the land of effortless wealth, and dotcoms promised to turn the stock market into a sort of perpetual-motion money-making machine at least until the Y2K bug brought the entire world to a crashing halt.
One conspiracy theory is that hedge funds distorted CDS prices, which in turn spooked the stock market and caused a collapse in confidence.
That boosted the European stock markets, and in turn supported the U.S. stock indexes and commodity markets.
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Will that Christmas gift be the catalyst to turn the tide for investors in the stock?
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He cited potential for inflation, currency debasement and a re-heightening of crises such as U.S. and European debt issues, although he concedes gold has lost some of its allure for now as many investors instead turn to the surging stock market.
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Their discount is off whatever the current stock price is--meaning they can turn a quick profit by selling the stock immediately, before taking possession of the new shares.
If the guys in operations could see a stack of Buy Large IBM interests from multiple brokers and very few Sells, then they could, with fair accuracy, tell which way the stock as going to turn at the open.
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Pour the turkey stock into the pan and turn the two burners on medium-high heat.
But on Wall Street, shares of Cheesecake, trading on the NASDAQ with the ticker symbol CAKE, are displaying sluggishness, prompting some analysts to turn sour on the once high flying stock.
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But try telling that to all the dotcommers who have seen their stock options turn into toilet paper in the past few months.
When he had finished, he lifted each foot in turn and took stock of the cleanliness of his soles.
Because if they never turn, our experience is the stock never does, either.
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In what was described as a "great U-turn" by the Occupy London Stock Exchange (OLSX) group, the corporation made an offer to allow the protesters to stay until 2012.
In what was described as a "great U-turn" by the Occupy London Stock Exchange group, the corporation made an offer to allow the protesters to stay until 2012 but urged them to "shrink" the size of the camp to enable it to clear the public highway.
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That admonition from Bernanke deflated the U.S. stock market a bit, which in turn put some further downside pressure on crude oil and the U.S. stock market.
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U.S. durable goods orders rose a strong 4.6% in December, which boosted the U.S. stock market and in turn added some more selling pressure to the gold and silver markets.
This put the European stock markets under modest pressure, which in turn pressured the Euro currency.
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It eventually took World War II to turn the economy as well as the stock market around.
The slightest misstep can turn a stock market darling into a company struggling for its very existence.
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Ironically, the stock market can turn you from seeming like a genius to looking like a dunce in a very short period of time.
Countless scholars have studied exactly how the federal government managed to turn a stock market crash and cyclical recession into a fifteen year nightmare.
For example, Bank of America ( BAC), one of the worst performers during the crisis, finally started to turn around and produced over 100% return for investors who picked up the stock when it was at absolute rock bottom.
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That newfound tax revenue if part of a comprehensive, bi-partisan deficit-reduction package would likely trigger a positive reaction in the stock market, which in turn, is likely to generate more consumer spending for two reasons, he said.
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Along with a stock symbol comes the demand to turn a profit, to control costs.
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Short dollar positions turn into long stock trades, which win big when the broad market rallies.
So, a weakening in the linkage between the dollar and the stock market, brief as it might turn out to be, was welcomed yesterday.
In turn, customers know that the shop must then buy its stock from a local supplier, or pay a 3% fee to convert the Bristol Pound back into sterling.
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