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- U.S. Housing Market/Bulls/Home prices rise in many states in 2008
Wal-Mart (Wal Mart Internationals surging sales)
Exxon Mobil (Windfall loss for XOM shareholders)- General Motors (General Motors (GM)/Bears/Average Hourly compensation the highest amongst competitors)
- Big Three Auto Woes/Bears/Any low-interest loans to develop fuel-efficient cars should be made available to all car companies,
- U.S. Housing Market/Bulls
- 2008 Financial Crisis/Bulls
- Wal-Mart (Bulls)
- General Motors (Bears)
- Personal Budget
The Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased for the 7th straight month to 103.8, the highest level since the fall of 2007, and the first time in more than five years of 7-consecutive monthly increases (since early 2004).
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Six of the ten indicators that make up The Conference Board LEI for the U.S. increased in October. The positive contributors ? beginning... read more
Last summer the odds for a federal government-run health insurance plan to be approved before the end of the year were around 50%, according to futures contracts traded on Intrade.com. Those odds have now fallen to a contract-low of only 2.2%. Odds for health care reform passing by March 2010 or June 2010 are higher, see details here.
Weekly jobless claims fell for the 11th straight week to 514,000 (four-week moving average), reaching the lowest level in a year (since November 15, 2008), according to today's report from the Department of Labor (see chart above).
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