STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 5 April 2012 [View all]

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Thursday, 5 April 2012

SMW for 4 April 2012

AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 4 April 2012

Dow Jones 13,074.75 -124.80 (-0.95%)
S&P 500 1,398.96 -14.42 (-1.02%)
Nasdaq 3,068.09 -45.48 (-1.46%)

10 Year 2.22% -0.01 (-0.45%)
30 Year 3.36% -0.01 (-0.30%)

Market Conditions During Trading Hours

Euro, Yen, Loonie, Silver and Gold

Handy Links - Market Data and News:

Economic Calendar
Marketwatch Data
Bloomberg Economic News
Yahoo Finance
Google Finance
Bank Tracker
Credit Union Tracker
Daily Job Cuts

Handy Links - Economic Blogs:

The Big Picture
Financial Sense
Calculated Risk
Naked Capitalism
Credit Writedowns
Brad DeLong
Bonddad
Atrios
goldmansachs666
The Stand-Up Economist
The Automatic Earth

Handy Links - Government Issues:

LegitGov
Open Government
Earmark Database
USA spending.gov

Handy Links - Videos:

Charlie Rose talks with Roubini
Charlie Rose talks with Krugman
William Black: This Economic Disaster
Bill Moyers with Kevin Drum and David Corn

Financial Sector Officials Convicted since 1/20/09 = 12
2/2/12 David Higgs and Salmaan Siddiqui, Credit Suisse, plead guilty to conspiracy involving valuation of MBS
3/6/12 Allen Stanford, former Caribbean billionaire and general schmuck, convicted on 13 of 14 counts in $2.2B Ponzi scheme, faces 20+ years in prison

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STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 5 April 2012 [View all]	Tansy_Gold	Apr 2012	OP
Woohoo! First rec!...I'm gonna celeberate with some gun fire!	rfranklin	Apr 2012	#1
There are still simple pleasures in this life.	Tansy_Gold	Apr 2012	#5
Watch out for the feet	Po_d Mainiac	Apr 2012	#31
There Will Be Cheating: Another Gift to Big Banks Hidden in Obama’s Principal Reduction Strategy	Demeter	Apr 2012	#2
Papers are late, which means they will be big and ugly	Demeter	Apr 2012	#3
Asia looking very ugly early on.	Fuddnik	Apr 2012	#4
Back from lunch and the selling has resumed. n/t	girl gone mad	Apr 2012	#7
The Second Foreclosure Tsunami Is Coming, And Is About To Kill Any Hopes Of A "Housing Bottom"	girl gone mad	Apr 2012	#6
New foreclosure wave to hit 'everyday' borrowers	Fuddnik	Apr 2012	#8
Good thing the contagion can't spread to CRE	Po_d Mainiac	Apr 2012	#14
And I thought I was the Gloomy Gus Around Here	Demeter	Apr 2012	#15
Honey? what's this? -- Oh that old thing? that's my BIRTHDAY!!!	xchrom	Apr 2012	#9
Is it really?	Demeter	Apr 2012	#17
why thank you! us Aries have to stick together. nt	xchrom	Apr 2012	#20
Happy Birthday!	Roland99	Apr 2012	#43
thank you!	xchrom	Apr 2012	#44
Happy Brithday!	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#76
Thanks! Nt	xchrom	Apr 2012	#77
Well!	Tansy_Gold	Apr 2012	#48
a unicorn with Fairy Dust!	xchrom	Apr 2012	#49
We all need a little now and then, you know.	Tansy_Gold	Apr 2012	#63
i was born with a permanent supply	xchrom	Apr 2012	#64
ooo...The Lady and The Unicorn	Roland99	Apr 2012	#67
sigh....yes, yes we are. nt	xchrom	Apr 2012	#70
Got you a little foreclosure property as a birthday present	Demeter	Apr 2012	#57
...	xchrom	Apr 2012	#58
Yoram Bauman PhD, World's Only Stand-Up Economist (INTENTIONALLY FUNNY AS OPPOSED TO THE REST)	Demeter	Apr 2012	#59
Happy Birthday!!	girl gone mad	Apr 2012	#66
oooh! cocktails	xchrom	Apr 2012	#72
Happy Birthday!	hamerfan	Apr 2012	#69
...	xchrom	Apr 2012	#71
European markets soft heading into Easter break	xchrom	Apr 2012	#10
JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon paid $23 million in 2011	xchrom	Apr 2012	#11
the "Reward" for Destroying MFGlobal	Demeter	Apr 2012	#18
JPMorgan Pays $20 Million to Settle CFTC Case Over Lehman	Demeter	Apr 2012	#51
JPMorgan Chase Reaches Settlement With CFTC Regarding Extension of Credit to Lehman's Broker-Dealer	Demeter	Apr 2012	#52
William Lazonick: How High CEO Pay Hurts the 99 Percent	Demeter	Apr 2012	#21
+1	xchrom	Apr 2012	#22
French borrowing costs up in $11 bln bond auction	xchrom	Apr 2012	#12
OPTIMISM FADES: European Markets Fall Into The Red	xchrom	Apr 2012	#13
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell	xchrom	Apr 2012	#16
Greeks Riot Like Crazy Following Yesterday's Tragic Suicide	xchrom	Apr 2012	#19
It took a vegtable peddler	AnneD	Apr 2012	#36
there's something very compelling about the fact that he was 77. nt	xchrom	Apr 2012	#39
It is very sad	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#41
Money, the financial system and the Federal Reserve Edward Harrison	Demeter	Apr 2012	#23
Ed Harrison is so good at explaining this in a straightforward way.	girl gone mad	Apr 2012	#68
Have Four Pension Funds Blown Up the $8.5 Billion Bank of America Settlement?	Demeter	Apr 2012	#24
Complacency or corruption in high places?	westerebus	Apr 2012	#34
Morgan Stanley tries to stave off ratings cut	Demeter	Apr 2012	#25
Dimon’s $23m trumps pay of US bank rivals	Demeter	Apr 2012	#26
Rothschilds eye cross-Channel unity	Demeter	Apr 2012	#27
Sharp drop in jobless rate raises questions for economists	Fuddnik	Apr 2012	#28
Smoke and mirrors	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#33
Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program: Infographic	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#29
Financial risk council readies systemic tag THIS IS RICH	Demeter	Apr 2012	#30
Here's where your federal income tax dollars go	xchrom	Apr 2012	#32
Defense only 20%?	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#35
that's what i thought. i don't think this is right.	xchrom	Apr 2012	#37
What is in that 'Safety Net' and 'Other' Categories?	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#38
it just seems very off some how, doesn't it? nt	xchrom	Apr 2012	#40
Rachel Maddow: How America's Security-Industrial Complex Went Insane	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#45
they fold so much of it into other stuff -- you can never tell...	xchrom	Apr 2012	#46
Remember....	AnneD	Apr 2012	#60
I am not good at posting graphs.....	AnneD	Apr 2012	#62
Allow me...	TalkingDog	Apr 2012	#73
Thank you, Talking Dog...	AnneD	Apr 2012	#74
Yep, that's what the reports I read say. Over $0.50 of every tax dollar winds up at the Pentagon.	Fuddnik	Apr 2012	#75
Definitely looks more realistic to me	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#78
Market confidence in Spain wanes after poor Treasury bond auction	xchrom	Apr 2012	#42
Note the Reflexive Kick Up Whenever the DOW Approaches 13, 020	Demeter	Apr 2012	#47
Capitalism's Dirty Secret: Corporations Don't Create Jobs, They Destroy Them	Demeter	Apr 2012	#50
CANADA FIGHTS BACK: U.S. regulator in RBC case faces scrutiny	Demeter	Apr 2012	#53
RBC rejected settlement with U.S. regulator	Demeter	Apr 2012	#54
Fed’s Lacker Says Volcker Rule May Be ‘Impossible’ to Implement	Demeter	Apr 2012	#55
Looks to Me Like They Are Pumping Up ALL the Markets Round the World Today	Demeter	Apr 2012	#56
I just keep looking at gold....	AnneD	Apr 2012	#61
Bank Downgrade Forward Calendar	Roland99	Apr 2012	#65
Egan Jones Downgrades USA From AA+ To AA, Outlook Negative	DemReadingDU	Apr 2012	#79