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Stock Market Performance Round-up: Dancing to the Same Tune

By Prieur du Plessis, on July 21st, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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Factoring in last week’s stock market rebound, I have put together a table of global stock markets’ performances over various measurement periods. The numbers speak for themselves and can best be summarized in a single sentence: Despite the variation in the economic impact of the credit crunch, stock markets have by and large been dancing to the same tune. [...]

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By Prieur du Plessis, on July 21st, 2008 posted in: Humor

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Source: Tom Toles, July 17, 2008.

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