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...good news has been factored into stock prices. Consider that while you were logging 14-hour days at the office and repeatedly refinancing your house to make ends meet, the stock market was on a tear. The Dow is up 41% from its low 14 months ago, the NASDAQ...
...euro and the yen each rise an additional 10% against the dollar from levels in early November, the study found, the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index could slip 0.6%, which means that a $10,000 bond would lose about $60. It would cost the S&P 500 index 3.4%, the NASDAQ 4.5% and the Dow 3.2%. On opposite shores, RiskMetrics found that the weaker dollar could cause the FTSE 100 to edge up 0.43%, while the Nikkei might zoom 12.97%. Says RiskMetrics strategist Mike Thompson: "The findings reaffirm the importance of owning both U.S. and foreign investments...
...digital recording and mixing equipment. Although 2002 was a grim year for many retailers, sales at the chain, based in Westlake Village, Calif., rose 16%, topping $1 billion for the first time. Profits jumped 48%, to $25 million, and investors took note. Guitar Center shares, which trade on the NASDAQ, more than doubled, from $16 in September 2002 to $34 one year later...
...main role in the 211-year-old exchange is essentially that of corporate hall monitor. Public companies can list their stocks anywhere, but 2,800 of them choose to do so with the N.Y.S.E., which maintains an old-fashioned trading floor for the purpose. (Trading is electronic at the NASDAQ.) The broker-dealers who make trades are members of the exchange, and Grasso enforces the rules they must follow to keep their spots. Recent complaints from investors have prompted a wide investigation into profiteering by floor traders. Similarly, the public companies whose stocks they trade have to meet certain standards...
...Southern California manufacturers for a Southern California lifestyle could work outside the area. After the merchandise was slightly tweaked (some suppliers had to start making long pants and outerwear for East Coast customers), the concept took off. In 1993, with 60 stores, the company went public on the NASDAQ market. Today Pac-Sun plans to have 1,000 stores by 2007. (Gap, by contrast, has almost 3,000 stores worldwide...