Hold on to your hat!..I was watching Bloomberg today

[serryjw]

Funny I know nothing about the stock market but after listening to the rally today on Bloomberg I said the are going to be a bunch of M & A's...god I hate being right!

quote......
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European and U.S. companies were reported by 2130 GMT on Tuesday.
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http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-04-18T214756Z_01_L18198227_RTRIDST_0_FINANCIAL-DEALS-UPDATE-1.XML
quote.......
TransUnion Expands Mergers and Acquisitions Group; Howard Kalika to head up dedicated team
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2006--TransUnion has hired Howard Kalika to serve as group vice president of Mergers and Acquisitions. Kalika will be responsible for bringing a centralized focus to the company's expanding mergers and acquisitions efforts. He will lead a dedicated team in this area and will report directly to TransUnion's chief financial officer, Scott Schubert.
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060412005533&newsLang=en

[DLnyc]

1. Also, Euro is rising, Dollar is falling

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=EURUSD=X&t=5d

Seems to me this would make stock prices go up, since pricing in constant euros requires higher dollar price. The Fed saying they may stop increasing rates makes the dollar worth less (not worthless, yet, just worth less).

[radfringe]

2. housing bubble...gas prices....foreign investors

if the housing bubble hasn't officially "POPPED" it's developed a slow leak

the spin on why NEW HOUSE STARTS were down in March: due to warm winter, many construction jobs were able to continue in January, a colder winter would have put these jobs off until March-April

no new news that gas prices are up

there was also an article a few days ago about foreign investors in US bonds - they are "wary" of buying more due to the DEFICIT and other budgetary/financial concerns about our economy

I'm getting a whiff of a recession looming... especially if the republicans maintain the stranglehold

[serryjw]

3. Here in Denver high end

and multiple home ownership is up. I think this is true across the country. The rich get richer!