
After a two-month rally within the stock exchanges, investors resumed their concerns that the current economic programs will not propel the country back into prosperity as quickly as originally anticipated. During the week, financial stocks weighed heavily on the markets, as traders were worried that last week's rally was overdone. Over the course of the week, the Dow slipped 3.6%, the S&P was lower by nearly 5% and the NASDAQ was down 3.4%.