Showing posts with label Wall Street. Show all posts
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Monday, September 14, 2009

WallStreetWeather.net Forecast For Week Of September 14, 2009

Summary Of Last Week’s Influences:
Mercury represents trading one currency for another. Since Mercury turned retrograde, the value of the U.S. dollar to the world’s major currencies has declined to new lows for the year. On Friday the dollar index (DXY) hit a 52 week low, and made a new 2009 low against the euro. As Mercury stationed retrograde, the Chinese government expanded its plans to internationalize the renminbi, and a report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development said the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency should be reduced.

The stock market’s continued upward trajectory also weighed on the dollar, as the Fed

Saturday, August 22, 2009

TheGlobeAndMail.com | Dow Jones Industrial Average could get a new name - Sales process conducted by investment bank Goldman Sachs

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/dow-jones-might-sell-storied-stock-index/article1260407/

Dow Jones might sell storied stock index

Owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., the process is still preliminary, Wall Street Journal says.

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that its publisher, Dow Jones & Co., is considering selling its stock market indexing business and has reached out to potential buyers. A sale of the unit would open the door for the new owner to rename the 125-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the world's best-known stock-market benchmarks.

The Journal, citing unnamed sources, said the process is still preliminary, and could result in a joint venture or no sale at all.

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