Do You Own This Stock? It’s Down 20%!

Stocks are higher Monday
but investors aren’t making large commitments ahead of Tuesday’s Fed meeting.
Economists polled by Reuters expect a quarter-point rate rise, from 1.25% to
1.50%. Oil rose to new high as Yukos continues to have tax-related problems and
Iraq said it would shut down its southern pipeline because of a Shi-ite
uprising. Oil traded as high as $44.89.

McDonald’s
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worldwide sales rose
6.4% in July

Wet Seal
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fell after the
company’s creative director resigned.

Knight Trading
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is higher after
Citigroup said it would buy its derivatives group.

Dow +12.83 9828.74
S&P 500 +2.38 1066.35
Nasdaq +0.62 1777.51

Strong today are: Oil
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+1.74%, Biotech
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+0.74% Telecom
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+0.59%.

Weak today are: Airlines
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-0.74%,
Internet

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-0.47%.

10-year Notes are -065 at 112 165

The dollar
is -0.12 at 88.48

Gold is +1.60 at 400

Crude Oil is +0.94 at
44.89

Volume is 537 million on
the NYSE and 649 million on the Nasdaq.

Market breadth is negative.

NYSE Issues
Advancing 1583 Up Vol 278
Declining 1562 Down Vol 221
Ratio 1.01 1.25
Nasdaq
Advancing 1272 Up Vol 306
Declining 1605 Down Vol 304
Ratio 1.26 1.00

Brice Wightman