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Sell-off follows rush of earnings reports

October 25, 2009

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The major indexes closed at their highest levels in a year on Monday, but zigzagged the rest of the week as investors digested a rush of earnings reports and grappled with worries that stocks are overheated. Fewer than half of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported, but so far earnings from eight of 10 companies have exceeded analysts’ forecasts.