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June 10, 2011
No Place To Hide: "Unexpected" Inflation Signal And Continued Weak Readings on Economy Drive DOW Under 12,000
Doom. The other white meat.
Investors were dour after U.S. May import prices showed a surprise gain of 0.2%, hinting at an inflation push coming into the U.S. from abroad...
The action follows a string of weak readings on the U.S. economy that have joined with pessimism about the euro zone's debt problems and weaker global growth to drive major stock indexes lower. The mood on the trading floor was grim.
"At the moment there doesn't seem to be any place to hide," said Ted Weisberg, president of Seaport Securities. "Best-case scenario, [traders] don't know what to do. Worst case, they're simply throwing in the towel because they're frustrated. Nothing seems to work."
Nothing that's been tried seems to work, no.