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 TODAY'S MARKET ACTION
DJIA
Index Price  Net 
 DJ Industrial Index 11569.52 67.01
 S&P 500 1290.27 8.61
 NASDAQ 2395.57 13.11
 NASDAQ 100 1911.98 11.68
 Russell 2000 735.18 2.23
 30 Year Bond 44.07 0.24
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Moving the Markets
2008-08-28 10:00:01
Second quarter GDP revised upward and better than expected
Weekly jobless claims down from prior week, in-line with estimates
Oil futures rise
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Using Moving Averages
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by Kevin Matras

Learn how Moving Averages can help you spot winners in any type of market.

Q3 Earnings Expected to Look Like Q2
Earnings Trends
by Dirk Van Dijk

Energy and Tech are expected to show highest growth; Financials and Consumer Discretionary to see big earnings drops.


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INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
The New America
Kevin Harlin
New Recovery Centers Drive Growth For Nursing Home Operator
It's not just how many beds are filled at a nursing home that's important. It's who fills them -- or more precisely, how they're paying -- that...

Issues & Insights
Ibd
Annenberg Papers: Putting On Ayers?
Election '08: The Obama camp tries to suppress a campaign ad and university archives linking the candidate to a '60s terrorist who hosted his...

Mutual Funds
Steve Watkins
Fund Lets Rankings Do The Picking
Don't look for Brad Brooks and the Value Line Larger Companies Fund to stick with a slumping stock because they've fallen in love with it.

Internet & Technology
Brian Womack
Cisco Suddenly Lagging Juniper In Some Router Technology
Networking king Cisco Systems this month reported results that buoyed Wall Street but raised questions about one of its key products.

Investor's Corner
Nancy Gondo
Use Stock Charts To Find Perfection -- Or Flaws
A stock's daily and weekly charts are two of your most valuable tools when it comes to investing.

Feature Story
Jed Graham
Presidential Race Might Be Decided In Centrist Colorado
If Democrats again fall short in Ohio, as John Kerry did in 2004, Plan B is certain to involve Colorado.

STORY STOCKS from Briefing.com

MBIA
2008-08-28 09:28:48

Bond insurer MBIA (MBI 11.98) is soaring 31% in premarket trading after the company announced that it is going to reinsure a $184 billion par value portfolio of municipal bonds insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.   More...

Fannie Mae
2008-08-28 09:10:15

Struggling government-sponsored enterprise Fannie Mae (FNM 6.48) announced Wednesday after the close several changes to senior management.  The new appointments will be responsible for conserving capital and controlling credit losses, while providing liquidity to the U.S. mortgage market.   More...

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NYSE
Symbol Company Name Current Change
 FRE FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP 5.09 0.34
 FNM FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN 6.77 0.29
 MBI MBIA INC 14.31 2.33
 C CITIGROUP INC 18.41 0.29
 BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 30.06 0.41
 ABK AMBAC FINL GROUP INC 5.81 0.57
 AIG AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 20.4 0.4
 LEH LEHMAN BROS HLDGS INC 15.02 0.24
 WB WACHOVIA CORP NEW 14.98 0.43
 JPM JPMORGAN & CHASE & CO 37.34 0.2
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 Market Gainers and Losers

NASDAQ
Symbol Company Name Current Change
 DELL DELL INC 25.59 -0.04
 QQQQ POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST 47.03 0.3
 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 27.77 0.21
 ENER ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES IN 79.39 1.05
 RIMM RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD 128.24 0.02
 AAPL APPLE INC 175.72 1.05
 AMLN AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 21.95 1.47
 UAUA UAL CORP 10.11 0.23
 ORCL ORACLE CORP 22.46 0.12
 MRVL MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD 14.54 0.1
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