Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Democrat Michael Dukakis lashed at front-running George Bush as man with "no convictions, no ideas and no plans" yesterday and blamed Republican policies for last year's stock market plunge. Bush tried to contain supporters' enthusiasm over polls showing him building a large lead...
...Brady commission confirmed that heavy trading of speculative "derivative products," like stock-index futures, exacerbated the October crash. It is obvious that futures, options and their kin are securities and should be treated as such. Their trading should be regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fact that they are now regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has simply turned the securities markets into commodity markets...
...were very lucky last October. Lucky not only because decisive steps by various governments stabilized the situation, but also because the bond market and the dollar did not crash along with stocks. One does not have to be a prophet of doom and gloom to sketch a possible downside scenario despite current strong economic statistics. With the trade deficit still high, inflation on the rise, no resolution to Third World debt problems and no decisive action on the federal budget deficit, we could see another steep decline of the dollar, a spurt in interest rates, a break in bond prices...
...format neatly regroups the paper's many departments into three sections: general news and commentary, marketing and consumer news, and hard- core financial reporting and statistics. Graphics are bolder, stock listings are more readable, and new statistical features have been added. Journal executives concede that the changes are being made "for competitive reasons." In the wake of last year's stock-market crash, advertising is down nearly 12%, and circulation has slipped 5%. Meanwhile, competitors like the New York Times, USA Today and Investor's Daily are chipping away at the Journal's market...
...special report, investment banker Felix Rohatyn argues that the financial system is still vulnerable. Fundamental reforms are needed, he says, to prevent a banking crisis and a new stock collapse...