Date:
Fri, March 21, 2008 07:33:06 PMFrom:
BusinessWeek's Investing Intelligence
Subject:
The Fed's Too Easy on Wall Street
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STOCK SCREENS
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Eight Chart-Topping Stocks S&P's latest screen uses technical analysis to find top-ranked names from the best-positioned sectors
STOCKS IN THE NEWS
Borders' Big Markdown Facing a cash shortage, the bookstore chain might put itself up for sale. Could rival Barnes & Noble snap it up from the remainder pile?
THE WEEK AHEAD
Vital Signs: Soaking in Housing Woes Lots of data is coming on new and existing home sales and house prices, durable good orders, personal income, and consumer spending
TOP NEWS
Gold and the Three Bears Bear Stearns Chairman Cayne, CEO Schwartz, and former Co-President Spector reaped megamillions as part of their compensation packages
NEWS ANALYSIS
Visa's IPO Victory The company's initial offering was a hit and a rare sign of strength in a weakened stock market. But the post-Visa IPO landscape looks bleak
INVESTING
Fannie and Freddie Set Free Federal regulators have eased the lenders' capital surplus requirements, to inject some much-needed money into the mortgage market
TOP NEWS
JPMorgan Buys Bear on the Cheap With bankruptcy looming, the banks reach a deal: JPMorgan will acquire the troubled investment house for only $2 a share
SAM STOVALL'S SECTOR WATCH
• From S&P
The Dirt on Environmental-Services Stocks S&P says the group's longer-term momentum is improving, and its fundamental outlook is positive. Favorites include Republic Services and Waste Management
TOP NEWS
Not the Deepest Rate Cut The Fed's cut of three-quarters of a percentage point is less than investors were expecting, but markets rallied nonetheless
INVESTING
Stocks: A Place Called Vertigo With the Bear Stearns collapse, equities' age of anxiety just got an extra jolt of caffeine. Should individual investors give up on stocks?
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