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...YORK--Stock prices fell modestly yesterday after traders deployed computerized sell programs. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials closed down 9.73 points...
...should be no surprise that the companies leading the $5 million campaign against Question Three are the very same industries that manufacture virgin plastic packaging. These industries (92 percent of the opposition money comes from out-of-state) include major corporations like Dow and Dupont, who of course will lose if the initiative wins--at least in the short term...
...Dow Jones Industrials
...equities. Since 1990, individuals have shifted an estimated $100 billion out of stingy bank CDs into the stock market. More than a quarter of the $120 billion they invested in mutual funds during that period has also ended up in the market. The sudden inflow helped propel the Dow Jones average to new heights last May, when it broke the 3400 barrier for the first time. By propping up the market with their new money, investors like Brown may have prevented or postponed the steep correction that analysts think is probably inevitable...
Lately the market's spasms of insecurity have grown more profound. In a stampede of selling last Monday, the Dow dropped more than 100 points by noon, only to bounce back to a modest 22-point decline for the day. The Dow finished the week down 64 points, at 3136.58, a 240-point decline since mid-September. Many analysts attribute the pessimism to a host of misgivings, including uncertainties about the outcome of the presidential election. Most worrisome has been the prospect of an extremely sluggish economic recovery and the apparent decision by the Federal Reserve Board...