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STOCK MARKET WATCH: Thursday, 18 July 2024
STOCK MARKET WATCH: Thursday, 18 July 2024
Previous SMW:
SMW for 17 July 2024
AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 17 July 2024
Dow Jones 41,198.08 +243.60 (0.59%)
S&P 500 5,588.27 -78.93 (1.39%)
Nasdaq 17,996.92 -512.42 (2.77%)
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Market Conditions During Trading Hours:
Google Finance
MarketWatch
Bloomberg
Stocktwits
(click on links for latest updates)
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Currencies:
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Gold & Silver:
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Petroleum:
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DU Economics Group Contributor Megathreads:
Progree's Economic Statistics (with links!)
mahatmakanejeeves' Rail Safety Megathread
mahatmakanejeeves' Oil Train Safety Megathread
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Quote for the Day:
My only concern is about the well-being of our government, which actually performs best when it is employed on behalf of the public. Today, any objective observer must conclude that it is the Democrats who—while they certainly enjoy power—have the needs of the public at the top of their agenda. Republicans, on the other hand, have become the party of special interests. Republicans seem to think that if their desires are satisfied, everyone will benefit. Unfortunately, it does not work that way. Republicans have sought to reshape the federal government in a manner that best suits them, and in so doing they appear determined to destroy it branch by branch.
John W. Dean. Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches . Penguin Publishing Group. © 2007.
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