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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1974
Page
5
United Press International reports NYSE quotations at 2 PM with many companies listed. Prices show mixed gains and losses across sectors led by Alcan Al, Amex, IBM, Exxon, Coca Cola, GE, and Ford amid fluctuating highs and lows. More readings from Aetna, Boeing, Chase Manhattan, Citicorp, and General Electric reflect broad market activity and volatility.
Laidlaw-Crogesshall forecast expects total pre tax corporate profits to rise 16 percent in 1974 while operating profits stay near flat. For 1975 the firm predicts about a 10 percent drop in total pre tax profits with similar operating margins.
Daily closing quotations from Madda Trading Company Inc. list London gold at 168 dollars up 4.75, Dec. silver 5.30 up .20, platinum 2.01 up 8.50, copper 60.2 cents unchanged, Dec. wheat 5.12 down .15, Dec. corn 3.63 up 1, soybeans 60 down .30, Dec. live cattle 42.07 down .23, Dec. live hogs 43.20 down .35, Dec. fresh eggs 61.20 down .07, Fel. ne bellies 69.40 up .68, May Maine potatoes 5.85 up .10, Dec. cotton 42.83 down .58, Nov. plywood 105.30 up .40 per thousand square feet.
Interim Dow Jones averages show declines with the Industrial index down 6.73 to 629.48, Transports at 144.50 off 1.78, Utilities 66.72 down 0.57, and the overall Stocks index at 201.67. Volume was light with about 000 shares traded.
Two story Spanish style building north of Scottsdale Rd and Shea Blvd in Sundown Plaza offers space suitable for an attorney CPA doctor or small retail shops. For more information contact Mr Willmore at 264 1641.
The Dow fell 8.61 to 627.58 as trading slowed on the New York Stock Exchange. Auto makers led declines with General Motors and Ford among the heaviest traded, while DuPont Eastman Kodak and other majors slipped. Mining and energy issues advanced while several sectors posted mixed moves.
In Cork Ireland hundreds of volunteers worked to contain a massive oil slick along the southern coast. A wind shift could push the spill toward dozens more beaches, threatening coastal areas and local tourism.
The piece traces the rise of mutual funds as a long term retirement tool, then notes 1969 onward stock losses eroding faith. Don Armbruster laments uncertainty yet backs the long term concept, citing outperformance by quality funds and a rare net liquidation at Investment Co. of America amid rising redemptions.
James Cary Washington explains how a quadrupling of oil prices from OPEC after the 1973 Yom Kippur War triggered a worldwide economic emergency. He notes rising borrowed funds, petro-dollars, and the IMF recycling facility as nations seek short term loans while banks grow wary of oil money.
Angela Davis and Jane Fonda urged Puerto Rican independence at a Madison Square Garden rally. About 15,000 attendees supported by the Puerto Rican Socialist Party and other leftist groups, with Fonda citing ancestral ties to U S independence.
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