Stocks Fall on Weak Consumer Confidence Amid Oil Dip
Wall Street closed lower after a weekly slide as oil futures retreated from record highs but consumer confidence remained strained. The Dow fell to 10,397.29 and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also declined. Treasuries rose modestly and the dollar was mixed. Merck shares slipped as Vioxx litigation looms, with a potential settlement on the first case.
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Cash on the sidelines could fuel stock gains in coming years
The article weighs how much cash sits outside equities and whether it can lift stocks. It notes mixed signals from housing, private equity cash, and corporations buying stock, with estimates of private equity funds at about 300 billion under management and potential buying power to fund roughly 8 percent of U.S. public-market value if borrowed to the limit.
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