Despite the evident slowdown of the U.S. economy in the third quarter and the rising likelihood-given the credit crisis in early October that shook markets worldwide-of a recession and prolonged period of economic weakness, the long-term fundamental outlook for companies across the industry appears to be healthy relative to other sectors.rnThe second quarter's surge in energy-related stocks and commodities sharply reversed in the third quarter, and the eei Index (of 59 publicly traded electric companies) posted a negative 14.3-percent total return-strongly un-derperforming the Dow Jones Industrials' negative 3.7-percent return and the S&P 500's negative 8.4-percent return. (See Table 1.)
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机译：尽管美国经济在第三季度明显放缓，并且十月初发生的信贷危机震惊了全球市场，但经济衰退和长期经济疲软的可能性却在增加，但整个行业内公司的长期基本面前景相对于其他行业，这似乎是健康的。rn第二季度与能源相关的股票和大宗商品的飙升在第三季度急剧逆转，而eei指数（来自59家公开交易的电力公司）的总回报率为14.3％，负数非常明显。 -表现低于道琼斯工业平均指数（Dow Jones Industrials）的3.7％负回报率和标普500指数的8.4％负回报率。 （请参阅表1。）
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