Despite August sub-prime “meltdown” U.S. stocks hit record high

by John Wake on October 1, 2007

“U.S. stocks rallied, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record, as investors speculated the worst may be over for banks and construction companies hurt by subprime mortgage losses.”

I guess the banks are feeling better about the world. I wouldn’t bet the ranch that homebuilder stocks have hit bottom yet.

{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }

1

Cbass 10.01.07 at 10:25 pm

money.cnn.com/2007/10/01/markets/banks/index.htm?postversion=2007100115

Not all Banks are feeling good about the world at the moment.

Leave a Comment

You can use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Older post: How does a CDO work?

Newer post: I’m moving to Arizona. Should I buy a Phoenix foreclosure?