Another jobs loss may sink stocks again (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 03/30/2008 - 11:40am

A man walks by a Tokyo brokerage's stock board indicating Japan's stock market rose to its highest level in two weeks Friday, March 28, 2008.<br /><br />The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index rose 1.71 percent at 12,820.47, its highest level since March 12, as last-minute buying before the end of the fiscal year lifted a wide range of blue chips, including electronics and financial shares.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Stocks may already be pricing in a recession, but they haven't priced in a very deep one.

If this week's data on the job market and manufacturing are worse than Wall Street is anticipating, investors should not be surprised to see another tumble.




 

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