Digging Out
For the market to go up from here, the news doesn't have to be good. It just has to be not quite as bad as what has already been discounted.
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The Illusion of Value
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business
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There is no intrinsic value in words, it's how they are put together and how they are interpreted and whether they are believed. It's the same with the numbers that tell the story of the economy.
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buzzfeed.com | Andy Yaco-Mink | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business
I hear when the gentlemen at AIG laugh so hard that they cry, they use these handkerchiefs to wipe away the tears. Conveniently, they cost less than 1...
Swimming with the Sharks
Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business
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You've got to be bonkers to swim in shark-infested waters, but it's widely happening -- no, not in the movies, but in real life -- on the financial front.
Why Obama Should Ignore The Dow: Newsweek
Newsweek | Daniel Gross | Posted 04.14.2009 | Business
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Investment professionals and econo-pundits claiming to speak for Wall Street have been blaming President Obama for the recent run of losses in the sto...
Misleading MSNBC Graphics Attribute Economic Decline to Obama
Media Matters | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
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In the past few days, MSNBC has repeatedly used misleading graphics of the Dow Jones industrial average showing a decline since the beginning of Novem...
Another Down Day
AP | SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Investors retreated from Wall Street again, driven by worries about the nation's big banks and General Motors Corp. Stocks slid to t...
Lotto Versus Stocks, Which Is Better?
Minyanville | Cory Bortnicker | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business
I'll admit it - a few weeks ago, I bought a $1 scratch ticket. I thought, "Why not?" I ended up winning $7, and proudly announced the news to the Miny...
How Is Green Business Doing Today?
Richard Seireeni | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business
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Out with the old. In with the new and the green. Damn the torpedoes. Full green ahead.
Bare Arms? Kissing Rush's A**? Folks, the Dow is in the Six-Thousands and the World Economy is Falling Apart
Jennifer Donahue | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics
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Get ready, Dems. Republicans don't want the focus on their party to be Steele, Limbaugh and infighting. They're going to pick the budget proposal apart.
Dow Dips Below 7,000
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business
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NEW YORK — A relentless sell-off in the stock market Monday blew through barriers that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago, and investors...
New month for Wall Street, but old problems linger
AP | SARA LEPRO | Posted 04.01.2009 | Business
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NEW YORK — The arrival of March is unlikely to bring much relief to a stock market battered by bad news throughout February. Trepidation is mor...
Self-Flatualization: Would Maslow Have Applauded the Current Recession?
Rick Smith | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business
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In 1943, psychologist Abraham Maslow published A Theory of Human Motivation, which proposed that there is a hierarchy of needs in a predetermined order of importance.
More Nightmares Lurk on Street of Dreams
Dan Dorfman | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business
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Taking a longer term outlook, Leibovit thinks "we're in for five or six years of hell," with the Dow tumbling to about 2,000. So where should investors put their money? Consider cash and gold.
Stocks up on Bernanke remarks; focus now on Obama
AP | MADLEN READ and TIM PARADIS | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave Wall Street a double dose of reassurance. Now it's President Barack Obama's turn. Bernank...
Dow 11-Year Low Reached
Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business
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For immediate news on where the Dow is trading now go here. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below its lowest close since 1997 on concerns that ...
Stock Market Tumbles On Geithner Speech
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business
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NEW YORK — Investors are frustrated with the government's latest bank bailout plan _ and showed it by unloading stocks. The major stock indexes...
News Corp. Suffers Staggering $6.4 Billion Loss
AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business
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LOS ANGELES — News Corp., the global media giant controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said Thursday it lost $6.4 billion in its most recent quarter bec...
Wall Street Gives Obama Thumbs Down
Dan Dorfman | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
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Europe, Japan and the United States are all in the midst of a recession and the world's fastest growing emerging markets, among them China and India, are slowing markedly.
Welcome to our ENRON-omy and the Year of the Probe
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business
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While we read about Blagojevich's hairbrush and the $1,400 trashcan purchased by Merrill Lynch's CEO, the Dow saw "its worst performance ever" posting its worst January in its 113 year history.
Dow Rises On The Backs Of Tech, Financial Stocks
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Investors acted Wednesday as if they had overdone it a day earlier. Wall Street snapped back from a steep sell-off with a rebound in...
Plan to Take Action in 2009
Suze Orman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business
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I am sorry to say that it is foolish to think that a stimulus package will be an insta-cure. I think it is wiser to to keep in mind that it is going to take years to make this all right.
Wall Street rebounds sharply after big drop
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — In a session that showed more indecision than conviction, the stock market rebounded Tuesday from the previous day's massive decline....
Stocks Make Moderate Gains At Shortened Session
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street climbed again Friday, wrapping up its biggest five-day rally in more than 75 years, even as investors digested signs of a...
Dow up 494 as Obama prepares to name treasury boss
AP | TIM PARADIS and SARA LEPRO | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street put a stop to a terrifying decline and stormed higher Friday as President-elect Barack Obama appeared ready to tap the ch...
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