Stocks Spooked, CIT Rescued, Housing Let Down

  • October 28, 2009
  • David Goodboy

Stocks were spooked today as the housing numbers disappointed investors.  Serious worries about the reality of the economic recovery triggered an all session long selling frenzy.  Positive word of Cit Group obtaining a $4.5 billion rescue loan failed to spark any broader market bullish sentiment.  The DJIA collapsed -119.48 to 9762.69, the tech heavy Nasdaq fell -56.48 to 2059.61 and the broad based S&P 500 gave back -26.78 to 1042.63.

Goldman Sachs
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Cheesecake Factory
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Cit Group
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Symantec
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Oil fell $2.37 to $77.18, gold gave back $7.30 to $1028.09 and the VIX spiked 12.40% to 27.91.

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Market Snapshot

Dow

 -119.48 9762.69

NASDAQ

 -56.48 2059.61

S&P 500

 -26.78 1042.63

Economic
News

CaseShiller Home Price Index (Aug): Consensus: -11.90%, Prior: -13.30%

Consumer Confidence (Oct): Consensus: 53.5, Prior: 53.1

Durable Orders (Sep): Consensus: 1.0%, Prior: -2.4%

Durable Orders ex Transportation (Sep): Consensus: 0.7%, Prior: 0.0%

New Home Sales (Sep): Consensus: 440K, Prior: 429K

Crude Inventories (10/23): Consensus: NA, Prior: 1.31M

Chain Deflator-Adv. (Q3): Consensus: 1.3%, Prior: 0.0%

GDP-Adv (Q3): Consensus: 3.2%, Prior: -0.7%

Initial Claims (10/24): Consensus: 525K, Prior: 531K

Continuing Claims (10/17): Consensus: 5915K, Prior: 5923K

Personal Income (Sep): Consensus: 0.0%, Prior: 0.2%

Personal Spending (Sep): Consensus: -0.5%, Prior: 1.3%

PCE Prices (Sep): Consensus: -0.5%, Prior: -0.5%

Core PCE Prices (Sep): Consensus: 0.2%, Prior: 0.1%

Chicago PMI (Oct): Consensus: 48.7, Prior: 46.1

Mich Sentiment-Rev (Oct): Consensus: 70.0, Prior: 69.4

Employment Cost Index (Q3): Consensus: 0.4%, Prior: 0.4%