Posted on Jul 27th, 2007 with stocks: IFX Infineon Technologies AG F3Q07 Earnings Call July 27, 2007 4:00 am ET Executives Ulrich Pelzer - Corporate VP IR Dr. via Seeking Alpha

Original post by Seeking Alpha

“We find this is an excellent time to be sniffing around”

(CP) - After a tumultuous week on stock markets, many investors will be mulling a choice between two basic approaches: don’t panic, or contrarily, if you are going to panic, be among the first to do it.

“We’re buying in this market,” value-investment guru Irwin Michael said Friday.

But a technical analysis suggested share prices could fall significantly further before hitting bottom.

“I don’t think we’re going to rebound quickly anytime soon,” Fergal Smith, Canadian market strategist for Action Economics LLC, said as the S&P/TSX composite index gained 100 points Friday morning and then gyrated to a midday loss of 80 points at 13,765. Read more

Original post by The Canadian Press

“This is a temporary phase and stock market would give the corrective evaluation of the state of the economy.”

Indian stock markets crashed Friday and led a key index to shed more than 500 points, taking cues from weak global markets and large-scale selling in heavyweight stocks. via India Gazette

Original post by India Gazette

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Original post by a7madeneo

“We have a lot of economic data that’s critical to the market before it opens. It’s really going to determine whether the market opens stronger, weaker or flat”

Stock index futures fell on Friday as nervous investors braced for economic data and earnings news a day after losses wiped out more than $300 billion of the S&P 500’s value. via Earth Times

Original post by Earth Times

“It’s a great time to look at your portfolio, but don’t make any changes for a week”

As the Dow Jones industrial average was plunging 311 points Thursday, Richard Riggs was working and unworried.

The owner of a small collection agency in the San Fernando Valley, Riggs, 52, says he has about 25% of his assets in stocks - an amount that won’t make or break him.

‘Confidence in your basic strategy is everything,’ he said. ‘We live within our means, drive paid-off cars and travel well. We are content and unafraid.’ Jerry Hurley, a 69-year-old retired schoolteacher in Redding, says he’s not selling his stocks either - but he’s becoming increasingly uneasy with recent market gyrations. Read more

Original post by Los Angeles Times

“Whenever we have extended periods of good markets and benign economic situations, there is a tendency for laxness”

A for-sale sign stands outside a Santa Monica, Calif., home Thursday, July 19, 2007. via Athens Banner-Herald

Original post by Athens Banner-Herald