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    Stock Market Today: Markets Slide as Manufacturing Shrinks

    • By , Associate Editor, Money Morning  -   September 4, 2012
    Here are the major headlines in the stock market today.

    • Manufacturing declines for third straight month - The Institute for Supply Management's factory index contracted to 49.6 last month from 49.8 in July, its lowest level since July 2009. Economists are worried that the looming fiscal cliff could deter businesses from spending in the upcoming...

  • Construction

  • Defensive Investing: Use Dollar-Cost Averaging to Reduce Volatility Risks
    • By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning  -   August 11, 2010
    Dollar-cost averaging has long been a strategic staple among mutual fund buyers. Longer-term investors use it to smooth out the effects of short-term price fluctuations, but the tactic seldom has been practical for purchasers of individual stocks - that is until now.

    For those unfamiliar with the strategy, dollar-cost averaging - also known as constant-dollar investing - involves the regular purchase of a smaller fixed-dollar amount worth of shares over time, as opposed to the lump-sum purchase of a large number of...
  • A Tale of Two Investments: U.S. Steel Scenario Illustrates the Power of Dollar-Cost-Averaging
    • By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning  -   August 10, 2010
    To understand the potential defensive-investing benefits of dollar-cost averaging, let's take a look at two scenarios involving United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X).

    Thanks to the general downtrend in the market, the May 6 "flash crash," and the rapid subsequent rebound, U.S. Steel shares fell from a 52-week high of $70.95 on April 6 to just $52.81 at the market close on Friday, May 14.

    Indications of some new life in the construction...
  • Buy, Sell or Hold: Peabody Energy Corp.'s (NYSE: BTU) Global Dominance Is Heating Up Profit Growth
    While advanced economies are still facing high levels of unemployment, more than a billion people in emerging markets are experiencing advancing standards of living.

    As these emerging economies - especially China and India -grow, there is a strong trend toward urbanization. People are leaving the countryside for the cities in droves in order to reap the promise of the global economy. This secular process alone places huge demands on the...
  • Stubbornly High Unemployment Shows U.S. Economy Still Plagued by "Jobless Recovery"
    • By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning  -   June 4, 2010
    While a surge in corporate profits reflect an improving economy, several government reports show that the United States continues to be plagued by a lingering "jobless recovery."

    Most analysts, including President Barack Obama, are predicting a strong May jobs report due out today (Friday) with more than 500,000 new jobs added to the U.S. economy.

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  • The U.S. Employment Outlook: Bad For Paychecks, Good For U.S. Stocks
    • By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning  -   April 13, 2010
    You undoubtedly know by now that the U.S. economy added 164,000 jobs in March. While that was the best number in ages, anyone who looked closely at the payrolls report issued by the U.S. Labor Department would discover that it was actually riddled with problems.

    Indeed, the report sends a very clear message: While the March report is consistent with a gradually improving labor market, the numbers hardly convey a sense of an economy that's zooming its way back to health.

    Still, as we'll see, this employment scenario...
  • The Year of the Tiger is the Perfect Time for Caterpillar Inc.
    • By , Founding Editor, Small-Cap Rocket Alert  -   March 22, 2010
    In China, the tiger is commonly thought of as lazy, merely appearing to be strong and ferocious.

    But that's truly not the case. The tiger does not waste his energy showing his strength. Instead, it sees the future and knows precisely when to pounce on its prey. Those who can see past the great wall of today and look into the future - much like our wise friend, the tiger - understand just what it takes to be successful.

    If we were to analyze the growth potential for the worldwide construction industry, we would...
  • Latest Report Shows the Jobless Recovery Still Endures
    • By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning  -   February 19, 2010
    Stocks have staged surprise rebounds after seemingly poor payroll reports half a dozen times in the past year. But the one time that there was better-than-expected job news, on Dec. 5, the market tanked. Go figure - it's a great example of how upside down the logic is on Wall Street.

    To help us interpret the jobs report of last week, I turned to my favorite independent labor analysts, Philippa Dunne and Doug Henwood. Here's their view of the latest numbers, which they considered the most positive in months - despite the many...