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  1. Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting, While Consumer Credit and Confidence Freezing. • March 30, 2008

    Conditions change, as climates run hot and cold. This past week's news included a report on a huge ice shelf beginning to collapse, due to quick-rising temperatures in Antarctica.

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  2. MIDWEEK OUTLOOK • March 26, 2008

    The dollar is backing down, helping gold and energy prices bounce back. Consumer confidence and expectations are in the dumps. Rallying stocks also backed down.

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  3. March Madness In Full Swing This Week, An Interest Rate Play • March 24, 2008

    Welcome, springtime. This past week's holiday-shortened trading saw stocks look to recover and commodities continue to slide. March Madness is indeed in full swing. Stocks moved up from support, commodities down from resistance.

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  4. MIDWEEK OUTLOOK • March 19, 2008

    Markets appear afflicted with their own versions of March Madness and Spring Fever. On Sunday night, with Asian markets down sharply, the Fed acted to stave off a panic plunge.

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  5. Turbulent Times On The Financial Sea • March 17, 2008

    On Friday, The President of the United States told a gathering of economists in New York that he was "an optimistic fella."

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  6. Turbulent Times On The Financial Sea • March 17, 2008

    On Friday, The President of the United States told a gathering of economists in New York that he was "an optimistic fella." That probably reassured them as much as J.P. Morgan shareholders…

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  7. MIDWEEK OUTLOOK • March 12, 2008

    The only certainty in markets is that prices will fluctuate. So far this week, we've seen some very interesting fluctuation.

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  8. Stocks Reach Some Support –Will It Be Enough To Spring The Market Forward? • March 9, 2008

    On Friday, a weak February jobs report weighed on stocks. The Fed pumped liquidity to banks getting credit crunched.

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  9. MIDWEEK OUTLOOK • March 5, 2008

    Stocks are fighting to hold some support. Will a rally from the current level now take hold? With such slippery conditions (the dollar down, plus gold and oil up),

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  10. Sellers Send Stocks Down The Drain Shares May Soon Be Plumbing the Depths. This Week, An Insurance Play • March 2, 2008

    Thursday and Friday's sessions showed a decisively negative character of price movement.

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