Word: bearishness
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...Electric, are being challenged about their bookkeeping. The perception of deception is so widespread, the stakes so high and the costs so great that investors are choosing to forfeit a game they now think is rigged. The markets skidded last week straight past their 9/11 lows into the most bearish forests in a generation. The dollar sank ever lower, and the Dow dropped through 9,000 toward a 7.4% loss for one week alone. Financial planners say many people won't open their 401(k) statements; they just can't look. But as we wait in the dark...
...Meanwhile, retail sales in Japan have momentarily stopped declining. This week, the country's gdp figures from the initial quarter are expected to show growth for the first time since January-March 2001. "The evidence is pretty clear that [the economy] has bottomed out," says a usually bearish Richard Katz, editor of The Oriental Economist newsletter...
...side of the economy going to make up for the sharp slide in the industrial sector. So far, it has worked. Last week, the Bank began signaling that a rate hike is on the way, but the evidence of an economic rebound remains ambiguous enough that even the relatively bearish Loynes doesn't expect anything drastic. With rates so low, however, small changes could have a big impact on homeowners' monthly bills, while continued low inflation means the real amount of their debt won't shrink as quickly as it once...
...doing so, they are contending with economic conditions they haven’t seen in nearly a decade: a bearish stock-market, declines in fundraising and an 11-month recession...
...JAPAN Bearish Outlook The government got a win in parliament last week, defeating a no-confidence motion against Agriculture Minister Tsutomu Takebe. But the victory was small compared to the mounting challenges for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The stock market is at 1983 levels, the banking sector may need a bail-out, and, worst of all, Koizumi's popularity, long his biggest asset, is waning: new polls show support for his Cabinet at an all-time...