Notable Midday ETF Movers 11/17: UUP, KRE, USO Higher; EWT, XRT Lower Nov 17, 2009 01:52PM

HIGHER;PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 0.86% to $22.41. The dollar stays strong as Finance Chief Bernanke made positive comments about the U.S. economy yesterday, which were reinforced by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet.


ECB's Trichet says excess forex volatility is undesirable Oct 8, 2009 09:02AM

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Trichet Says 'Extremely Important' That We Have a Strong Dollar Sep 28, 2009 11:45AM

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ECB's Trichet Says He Doesn't Rule Out March Rate Cut Feb 5, 2009 08:56AM

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David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 12/05 Dec 5, 2008 09:42AM

Labor Pains

After lunch yesterday, I realized how nice it was that the market was actually doing very little. Sure, the Dow was fluctuating back and forth 100 points or so, but there didn’t appear to be any major violence happening for a change. So, as a colleague had opined earlier in the day, maybe we had turned the corner after all, because the market was holding up fairly well in the face of another big batch of bad news.

Speaking of bad news, there was a plethora of it yesterday. Same-store sales numbers from the nation’s retailers were simply abysmal as sales fell by 2.7%, which was the weakest showing in nearly 40 years. And in the fun-with-numbers category, if you took Wal-Mart (WMT) out of the equation, sales would have plunged by -7.5% for the month.

But the fun definitely didn’t stop there so let’s quickly run through ...




Nov 14, 2008 11:17AM Trichet Sees Confidence Returning in Europe Following ECB Steps -Bloomberg
Nov 14, 2008 08:32AM Bernanke's Speech at European Central Banking Conferenece
Oct 27, 2008 10:05AM Trichet says ECB may cut rates again at Nov 6 meeting - Bloomberg
Oct 9, 2008 10:17AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 10/10
Oct 2, 2008 08:51AM Trichet Says ECB Discussed Rate-Cut Option Today - Bloomberg
Aug 7, 2008 12:52PM ECB's Trichet Acknowledges Weak Growth
Jul 3, 2008 08:53AM ECB's Trichet Says Starting From Here 'I Have No Bias' - Bloomberg
Jul 2, 2008 09:45AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 07/02
Jun 30, 2008 09:45AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 06/30
Jun 12, 2008 10:41AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 06/12
Jun 11, 2008 10:02AM David Moenning’s Daily State of the Markets: 6/11
Jun 5, 2008 03:15PM Crude Jumps $5 On Weak Dollar, Reports Saudi Parliament Will Explore Production Cuts
Mar 10, 2008 08:38AM Trichet Says ECB is Concerned with Excessive Exchange Rate Moves -Bloomberg
Feb 8, 2008 09:47AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 2/8
Jan 24, 2008 10:05AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets:
Jan 7, 2008 07:31AM Trichet says G10 very satisfied with coordinated intervention - Bloomberg