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Bank of America (BAC), GE (GE) and Citigroup (C) were all down Thursday on heavy volume.
Investors are taking their gains following the release of worse than
expected economic news on job losses last Thursday. On Thursday, according to
the US Department of Labor, the number of jobs lost in the
The jobless rate (9.5%) is the highest it's been since 1983.
The jobless rate is at the highest level it has been at since
In the early 80's, Reagan managed to resuscitate the American economy and usher in two and a half decades of almost uninterrupted economic growth. The issue is whether or not those gains have been completely wiped out. The bigger issue is whether those losses are temporary or permanent.
Confidence in America itself is critical to investors having confidence in its equity markets.
Taking gains generally is a sign that many investors do not believe that the recent rally is a significant and sustainable upward trend.
Investors are also concerned with the mixed messages that they have been
receiving. On
Futures are down again this morning indicating that enthusiasm for a quick recovery has been replaced by pessimism that the recession likely won't end any time soon. There were positive signs of hope that the downturn was nearing an end, but other data, including the jobless rate, indicate that it may only be the end of the beginning.
Big companies are being hammered.
Big companies are generally more susceptible to how the market swings in general. Small Cap and Micro Cap business (aka: penny stocks) are not as sensitive to this economic data, for them, business performance is the most important stat to track and generally the only thing that matters.
When you think about America what gives you confidence?
Massive firms creating bewilderingly, complex financial derivatives? Or Ingenuity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship! - The typical small business owner who creates the next big business idea. How do we get back to the land of milk and honey?
It's not the big banks and financial powerhouses, or big companies in general, that are going to get us out of the recession.
It's going to be small companies who in some cases are moments away from realizing the next big success story. The future is downstream not upstream.
Let's get America back to first principles. Support the little guys and the latest Great American Dream.
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