Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Morning Update: Financials Lead Market Higher

The market was under pretty heavy selling pressure in early trading, but it has since bottomed and moved back into positive territory.The news before the bell was all bad: UBS was cutting 5500 jobs and Merck (MRK) was cutting 1200 jobs; oil is hitting new highs above $122; and Fannie Mae (FNM) reported a bigger than expected loss, cutting its dividend -30%, and raising $6 billion in capital.But as FNM’s conf call wore on, the stock began to turn higher and erase all of its losses. That helped the financial sector botto[...]

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[Source: The Money Blogs]

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