Persian Gulf Shares Rise on ‘Valuations’; Dubai’s Index Drops (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Persian Gulf shares gained as oil rose to a three-week high and “attractive” valuations lured investors. Dubai’s index declined.

U.S. Stock Futures Fall on Earnings Concern; Exxon Mobil Drops (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures fell as concern that a slump in corporate profits will stretch into 2009 overshadowed speculation the government will step up efforts to revive the economy with tax cuts.

U.A.E. Shares Advance on Oil, Valuations; Kuwait’s Index Falls (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- United Arab Emirates shares advanced helped by higher oil prices and gains on international markets. Kuwait’s index declined. Emaar Properties PJSC, the U.A.E.’s biggest publicly traded real-estate developer, led property stocks higher.

U.S. Stock Fund Plunge In '08 Nearly Wiped Out Gains Of Past Decade (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Domestic equity funds ended their worst year in five decades amid the most volatile market in history, marked by collapses on Wall Street, the bursting of a commodity bubble, continued housing deflation and interest rates cut to nil.

U.A.E. Shares Advance; Oman’s Index Declines for a Second Day (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- United Arab Emirates shares gained, led by Sorouh Real Estate Co. and Emaar Properties PJSC, on “attractive” valuations. Sorouh, the country’s third-largest property developer by market value, increased for a sixth day.

Sustainable Wealth Management Announces Quarterly Rebalance of the SWM Canadian Energy Income Index TM (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CALGARY----Sustainable Wealth Management, an independent provider of energy industry specific indexes, today announced that there will be no rebalancing of the SWM Canadian Energy Income Index TM according to the index tactical asset allocation methodology.

U.S. Stocks Retreat on Earnings Concern; AT&T, JPMorgan Decline (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell for the first time in four days on concern that a slump in corporate profits will stretch into 2009, overshadowing speculation the government will revive the economy with tax cuts.

U.S. Stocks Retreat on Earnings Concern; AT&T, JPMorgan Decline (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell for the first time in four days as concern that a slump in corporate profits will stretch into 2009 overshadowed speculation the government will revive the economy with tax cuts.

U.S. Stock Fund Plunge In '08 Nearly Wiped Out Gains Of Past Decade (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance)
Domestic equity funds ended their worst year in five decades amid the most volatile market in history, marked by collapses on Wall Street, the...

U.S. Stocks Fluctuate on Earnings Concern; AT&T, JPMorgan Fall (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks drifted between gains and losses as concern that a slump in corporate profits will stretch into 2009 offset speculation the government will revive the economy with tax cuts.