The Dow fell over 200 points on Monday, sliding along with other markets around the world, as worries about Russian intervention in Ukraine had investors fleeing assets perceived as risky.Gold prices rose and U.S. Treasury yields fell on heightened tensions involving Russia's threat to use military force in Ukraine, which mobilized its army and requested foreign observers. Secretary of State John Kerry was on his way to Kiev Monday after saying Russia risked possible sanctions.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 233 points, or 1.4 percent, lower in early afternoon trading, while the S&P 500 lost 23 points and the Nasdaq was 65 points down.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for April delivery rose $32.50, or 2.5 percent, to $1,354.10 an ounce. Crude-oil futures for April delivery added $2.30, or 2.2 percent, to $104.89 a barrel.
I bought 300 shares of Yandex when it was trading at $30 a share after this fiasco. Let's see where it's trading in 6 months......I bet close to $45 a share.Russian stock market down 12 percent over war possibility.http://news.yahoo.com/russia-hikes-rates-amid-market-carnage-over-ukraine-100455087.html
I don't believe Oculus VR is a publicly traded stock. Hilariously though people were buying the wrong stocks that had the word Oculus in their business name which prompted the wrong companies to have a bump in stock prices temporarily. Facebook on the other hand has been down about 7 percent since the purchase.Kinda wondering how the whole Oculus sale to Facebook did to either one's stock? Does anyone know? I'm not a stock guy but dream of putting stock in and at one time thought Oculus would had been a good one, I wonder if the sale was good for it or bad?
Thanks for the info. That's pretty funny about the name.I don't believe Oculus Rift is a publicly traded stock. Hilariously though people were buying the wrong stocks that had the word Oculus in their business name which prompted the wrong companies to have a bump in stock prices temporarily. Facebook on the other hand has been down about 7 percent since the purchase.
U.S. stocks sank on Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite falling the most in a day since June 2012 as investors again sold high-flying names in the technology and biotech sectors.The S&P 500 was on track to close below its 50-day moving average for the first time in more than two months. The broad index also broke below the 1,840 level that has served as technical support since late February.The Dow Jones industrial average fell 259.19 points or 1.58 percent, to 16,177.99. The S&P 500 lost 37.68 points or 2.01 percent, to 1,834.50. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 130.017 points or 3.11 percent, to 4,053.884.
That's because they got rid of Balmer.We like to give Boarder a hard time but we should also recognize that Microsoft has been doing really well lately. They reported good numbers again yesterday. This obviously makes him happy but me too as I have a good chunk of that stock in the retirement portfolio.