LN’s UCC’s (Useful Chit-Chats) June 10 ’10

When our market broke into new highs at 3,367 UNCLE SAM gave the PSEi a present – a 320-pt drop in the DOW, this event triggered our markets to gap down right at the open at 3,293… This area which incidentally is also close to the psychological 3,300 level is currently acting as a key level of resistance.

Our market has not really recovered since. We took a poke at the 3,290 level yesterday to no avail, and quickly got sold down. For the last 4 days, our PSEi has been very sluggish. What Uncle Sam broke, Uncle Sam will fix starting tonight. I am expecting a revisit of the 10,000 level tonight for the DOW. And hopefully, we can test 10,300 level again in the coming days.. Of course up to now, the onus is still for the market to go lower.. This now can only be viewed as a dead cat bounce and nothing else.

Dow at 10,000 Then and Now

Dow at 10,000: Then and Now, a graphic article presentation from cnbc.

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossing the 10,000 point mark for the first time since 2008, we wanted to take a peek back in time to compare what America was like the very first time the Dow crossed 10,000 mark (March 29th, 1999) to today.

What were some of the most cutting-edge products, who was the highest paid athlete, and what were the hottest topics buzzing around the internet? For these and more comparisons, check out the following pictures!


Popular TV Shows
1999: Friends, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire (Debut)
2009: American Idol


Apple's Cutting-Edge Computer
1999: iBook G3
2009: MacBook Air


Portable Music Players
1999: Sony CD Walkman
2009: Ipod Nano Video