Weekend Linkage – April 12, 2009
Market Recap
U.S. stock market ended the holiday shortened trading week with gains of more than 3% for all three major indices last Thursday after Wells Fargo said it earned a record $3 billion in the first quarter. Optimism in the banking sector carried the stock market to its fifth straight weekly gain. After reaching 12-year lows a month ago on March 9, the S&P 5000 has surged 27%, the steepest gain in the one-month period since the great depression. For the week, the Dow added 0.82% to 8083.38, the S&P 500 rose 1.67% to 856.56, and the NASDAQ added 1.89% to 1,652.54. Crude oil was down 0.51% to $52.24 for the week, while gold lost 1.63% to $881.50 an ounce and silver tumbled 3.45% to $12.31/ounce.
Weekend Readings
- Health and Taxes @ Brip Blap
- Your Home Office: Ideas To Set Up Your Place of Work @ The Digerati Life
- How To Make A Survival Key Chain @ Frugal Dad
- March 2009 Was a Perfect Example of Why You Shouldn’t Try to Time the Market @ Generation X Finance
- Spring Cleaning of My Financial Mind @ Lazy Man and Money
- Is Organic Food Worth it? @ Million Dollar Journey
- Eight Ways to Beat Bad Customer Service @ Money Smart Life
- Frugal Entertainment Rule: You Must Try Redbox @ My Dollar Plan
- Should You Borrow To Refinance Your Home Loan? @ Moolanomy
- Protecting Yourself from Medical Billing Mistakes @ Wise Bread
- Market Returns 5 Years After Historical Market Declines @ The Dividend Guy
- Three Simple Ways to Make Your Healthcare Dollar Go Farther @ Free Money Finance
- Benjamin Graham and the Wisdom of Index Funds @ Five Cent Nickel
Carnivals
- The Money Hacks Carnival #59 – The Duct Tape Edition @ Greener Pastures
- Money Saving Tips Carnival – April 5, 2009 @ Save Few Bucks
- Spring Has Sprung – Carnival of Personal Finance #199 @ ABCs of Investing
- Carnival of Pecuniary Delights No. 1: The Madoline Hatter Pecuniary Art Edition @ Pecuniarities
- « Tax Carnival #51: No Fooling Around @ Don’t Mess with Taxes
- The Festival of Frugality – Famously Frugal Edition @ Ask Mr. Credit Card




Sun, thank you for the mention. As for the stock market, it’s unfortunate that 27% down is more than 27% up.