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12/23/09…you break it…you own it!
10 hours ago ago from Traderbill's Financial Markets Weblog
Factoid of the Day: $12.3 trillion – the amount spent, lent, or guaranteed by the taxpayers for the credit crisis. Number of people who were prosecuted: ZERO. Not even Angelo Mozilo who sold his shares while Countrywide Stock was falling, and reportedly received $470 million in salary, bonuses, and restricted stock. He was charged with insider trading and fraud by the SEC last June…nothing has happened since. You can’t count Bernie Madoff or ...
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14 hours ago ago from Investing Caffeine
There is an old saying that lightning does not strike twice in the same place. I firmly believe this principle will apply to stock returns over the next decade. Josh Wilson, investor and writer for The Reformed Broker highlighted a chart published by Bloomberg showing the 10-year return for various asset classes. Statisticians and market commentators have been quick to point out that stocks, as measured by various benchmarks, have not only ...
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7 hours ago ago from Slowlybutsurely
Especially now. Investment rules are tailor-made for tough times, allowing you to stick to a plan just when you need it most. Indeed, a rulebook is important in any market climate, but it tends to get tossed when stocks are soaring. That’s why sage investors warn people not to confuse a bull market with brains. The rules of investing Jonathan Burton reports on 10 rules to survive this stormy stock market. (June 11) So with the ...
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15 hours ago ago from Inside the Hive
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3 hours ago ago from Mylant's Money Blog
Guest Article Is the S P 500 along with its ETF the SPY going to remain Bullish in 2010? Some strategists think so! Stock strategists expect bull to keep running in 2010 by Adam Shell NEW YORK — The stock market s recovery fromits near-death experience in spring is likely to continue with a secondyear of gains in 2010, Wall Street investment strategists arepredicting. While accurately forecasting the futuredirection ...
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Wall Street Faces Earnings Pinch From Less Trading
22 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
BY RANDALL SMITH On Wall Street, even as the market giveth, the market also taketh away. The return of calm to the stock market during this year's huge rally has led to a downturn in trading volume. But that is likely to bruise results at firms that got boosts from panic-induced trading surges. December's average daily stock-market volume is likely to be the lowest since August 2008, even with two high-volume days last week, says ...
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21 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Does selling magazines justify harming investors by writing irresponsible articles about the financial markets? Apparently, Business Week believes it does. At the end of each year, it shamelessly publishes its "Investment Outlook" for the following year. Unfortunately, this year is no exception. In its " 2010 Investment Outlook, " Business Week peers into its crystal ball and tells investors to "figure out where wealth is being produced ...
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