Fed’s Beige Book Data Drags Markets Lower

Markets sell off in reaction to higher than expected
labor costs; Ford shares rise as Alan Mulally is named new CEO.  Crude oil futures
close lower by over 1% to $67.70.

Tuesday’s
action on the Nasdaq index included a bearish VIX signal (explained below). 
The VIX Index is the most widely used method to access stock market volatility
and is used along with with 15 other signals in our How Markets Really Work
service (click
here for more info
).  It will be interesting to see if last week’s
move up on low volume will hold through this week.

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Stocks on the
Move

Ford Motor Names Alan Mulally As CEO, Bill Ford
To Continue His Duties As Executive Chairman (full
story
).  F shares rally by nearly 2%.

GM Extends Powertrain Warranties For Its 2007
Vehicles (full
story
).  GM shares rise by 2.5%.

Intel To Cut 10,500 Jobs By Mid-2007 (full
story
).  INTC shares fall by over 2%.  INTC shares drop 3.5%.

J2 Global Communications Affirms Q3 EPS Of
$0.29 To $0.30 (full
story
). JCOM shares fall nearly 4%.

Hain Celestial Q4 Earnings Top Estimates,
Ex-items (full
story
).  HAIN shares rise by over 9%.

Fairchild Semiconductor Lifts Q3 Sales Forecast
On Healthy Seasonal Sales Level, Lower- Than- Expected Cancellation Rates (full
story
).  FCS shares fall nearly 1%.

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News
section.



Market Snapshot

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Dow

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-63.08

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11,406.20

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NASDAQ

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-37.86

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2,167.84

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S&P 500

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-12.99
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1,300.26
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Volume

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2,276,641,000

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1,766,186,000

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Advances

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677

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751

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Declines

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2591

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2245

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Up Volume

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385

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165

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Down Volume

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1660

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1439

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New Hi’s

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65

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59

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New Lo’s

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27

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Strongest/Weakest Sectors

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

Kbw Bank Index (BKX) PHLX Oil Services Index (OSX)
S&P Banks Index (BIX) Disk Drive Index (DDX)
Dow 10
Index (MUT)
Oil Index (XOI)

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Economic
News

Fed’s Beige Book Shows Slower Economic Growth In 5
Of 12 Regional Districts (full
story
).

Service Sector Sees Faster Than Expected Growth In
August (full
story
).

Q2 Productivity And Labor Cost Growth Revised Higher
(full
story
).

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Darren Wong

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precedes a short-term rally.

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