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Lessons from the '87 Crash
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MARKET SNAPSHOT
Stocks: An Unhappy Anniversary Twenty years to the day after Black Monday, major indexes shed more than 2% amid poor earnings and more signs of credit problems
WORD ON THE STREET
• From S&P
Street Speak: Is the Dow Party Over? A roundup of what market pros were saying Friday about the stock selloff, the Fed, and the credit crunch The '87 Crash: 20 Years Later Stock market crashes were nothing new in 1987, but the crisis didn't reflect the many adequate reasons so much as investor panic
S&P STOCK PICKS AND PANS
• From S&P
S&P Picks and Pans: Caterpillar, eBay, AMD, Centex, Xerox Analyst opinions on stocks making headlines Friday
THE WEEK AHEAD
Vital Signs: Housing Drag Won't Let Up On tap: September figures on home sales and durable goods, October consumer sentiment, and more earnings reports
INSIDE WALL STREET
The Unplumbed Depths of Amazon Also featured this week: Radware and US Airways Group
STOCKS IN THE NEWS
BofA: The Credit Crunch Takes Its Toll Weakness at the financial giant's investment banking unit is dragging down solid results from its traditional banking business
ECONOMIC FOCUS - FROM ACTION ECONOMICS
Is the Credit Crunch Weighing on Jobs? Despite an uptick in the Oct. 18 initial jobless claims report, signs still suggest a tighter labor market than many would expect
TOP NEWS
Dangerous Waters for a Bailout Why the big banks' plan to help rescue the credit markets is off to a shaky start
STOCK SCREENS
• From S&P
Stock Screen: 21 Smart Growth Plays This S&P list uncovers companies that have posted strong increases in sales and earnings since 1990
FINANCE
No Bounds for China's Stock Frenzy The government's efforts to dampen demand have done little to slow the momentum of mainland markets, as the CSI 300 index has soared 185% this year
INVESTING Q&A
China Stocks: Waiting Out the Bubble Gene Sit of Sit Investment Associates says once the hot market cools down, a soft landing will make many stocks attractive
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Massive market dislocations, like the current subprime mess, generate an awful lot of bad press and fear on the street. Investors want out and dump all kinds of things to get there. At the end of past bubble eras, the good got thrown out with the bad and there were plenty of bargains to be had. This time around, not surprisingly, some of the best bargains are in mortgage land.
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