Archive for December, 2008

Advisers Find Opportunities In New Year (Investor’s Business Daily)

Investor’s Business Daily – Bruce Meyer is as savvy as individual investors get. He worked as a specialist on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for 25 years until 2005. His father before him was a specialist there too.

General Motors, Eli Lilly are big movers (AP)

AP – Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

Mexican stocks dip as market ends dismal year (AP)

AP – Mexico’s IPC stock index slipped 0.18 percent to 22,380 Wednesday as the market closed a dismal year amid the global financial crisis.

NYSE says to suspend R.H. Donnelley stock (Reuters)

Reuters – The New York Stock Exchange said it determined that trading in the common stock of yellow pages directories publisher R.H. Donnelley Corp should be suspended, effective January 2.

Wall St closes out worst year since Depression (Reuters)

The year movement of the S and P 500. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters – Wall Street closed out its worst year since the Great Depression on Wednesday after an unstoppable credit crisis and a dreadful economic outlook left investors questioning their faith in stock markets.