Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Look Out Below! Stocks Pacing One of Worst Declines of Year



It’s getting ugly out there.  According to the WSJ another round of weak earnings results combined with a deteriorating technical picture are pushing stock indexes to one of their worst declines of the year.

The Dow is down about 250 points, on pace for its third-biggest one-day drop of the year. DuPont and 3M are leading the blue chips lower after each company reported sour quarterly results.

Combine today’s fall with Friday’s 205-point decline, and the market is quickly stringing together its first real pullback in since the pre-QE3 days.  The S&P 500 is down 1.7% and has fallen decisively through its 50-day moving average. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Comp is off 1.4% and trading below 3000………...

Find out more at http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/10/23/look-out-below-stocks-pacing-one-of-worst-declines-of-year/

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