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Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: Is This the Time to Dump Stocks and Sit On The Sidelines (Part 3)?

Dan Solin | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Index Funds, Asset Allocation, Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor, Economy, Stock Market, Business News
Dan Solin

Many readers had a strong reaction to my advice that you should determine your asset allocation, invest in a properly allocated portfolio of low cost index funds and stay the course during these turbulent times.

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Proof: Democrats Are Better For the Economy

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Job Growth, Stock Market, Business News
Hale

We've seen a wave of news stories that Wall Street is scared of Obama. But for the investor class, you may want to help elect him because Democrats are better for stocks.

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Bernanke Threw the Dollar Under the Bus

Vince Farrell | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Frederick the Great, Mortgages, Debt, Fnm, Liquidity, Stock Market, Mortgage Crisis, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Fre, Defend the Dollar, Business News
Vince Farrell

I understand the pressures with the collapse of FNM and FRE, but those stocks have to sink or swim on their own. Stabilizing the multi-trillion debt market behind those companies can be done without bailing out the stockholders.

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Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: Is This the Time to Dump Stocks and Sit On The Sidelines (Part 2)?

Dan Solin | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Economy, Stock Market, Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor, Business News
Dan Solin

Acting rashly out of panic is far more likely to cause harm than letting those feelings pass and reflecting carefully. Dumping stocks in bad times is probably the worst investment decision you can make.

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Better than Hoover a mattress

David Goldstein | Posted 07.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Market, Economy, George W. Bush, Business News
David Goldstein

The Dow Jones Industrial Average continued its bearish slide, closing this week at 11,100, near a two-year low, and inching ever downward toward the 1...

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Ken Heebner, America's Hottest Investor

Fortune.com | Jon Birger | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Capital Growth Management, Stocks, Stock Market, Weak Economy, CHM Focus, Ken Heebner, Recession, Stock Crash, Business News

(Fortune Magazine) -- The best mutual fund manager around - a.k.a. Ken Heebner of Capital Growth Management - looks restless. He is sitting in a confe...

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Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae Woes Worry Stock Market

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Stock Market, Stocks, Yahoo, Nasdaq, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street lost more ground in extremely volatile trading Monday, as investors recoiled at a cautious economic outlook from a Federa...

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Dow Enters Bear Market, Oil Hits New Record

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones, Stock Market, Bear Market, Recession, Economic Slowdown, Weak Economy, Oil Prices, Economy, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street resumed its sell-off Wednesday after oil hit a new record and a bearish analyst report renewed concerns that General Moto...

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What Happens When Someone Abuses the Internet to Game the Market

Michelle Leder | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Gaming the Market, Seeking Alpha, Microvision, Motorola, Stock Market, Business News
Michelle Leder

It's deeply disturbing that virtually anyone can go on to a major site and post whatever they want about a publicly traded company with little or no consequence and make money in the process.

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Dow Drops Thursday To Lowest Level In Nearly Two Years

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Economy, Stock Market, Business News

NEW YORK — A barrage of bad news including yet another record high for oil drove stocks sharply lower Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industria...

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Dow Finishes Below 12,000 For First Time Since March

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Stock Market, Business News

NEW YORK — Stocks capped a difficult week with steep losses Friday amid escalating worries about the financial and automotive sectors and a rebo...

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Goldman Sachs Boasts High Earnings

Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Sub-Prime, Earnings Report, Goldman Sachs, Reported Earnings, Hedge Funds, Economy, Banking Crisis, Bear Stearns, Stock Market, Wall Street, Investment Banking, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

When Bear Stearns was dying (and even just before) many wondered what would happen to its successful prime brokerage business, which is engaged in the...

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Wall Street's Woes Are Our Call to Action

Danny Schechter | Posted 06.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Credit Crisis, Obama, Market Meltdown, Progressve Movements, Stock Market Crash, Stock Market, Oil Prices, Business News
Danny Schechter

The media reform conference was starting in Minneapolis when word bounded in from New York that the market dropped 394 points as oil prices rose, and, to borrow an Iraq war word, unemployment "surged."

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The Recent Market Rebound? Just a Sucker's Rally

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business

Read More: David Darst, Stock Market, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Bear Market, Business News
Henry Blodget

Wall Street predictions are wrong about half the time, so take them all with a grain of salt. That said, the current views of Morgan Stanley strategist David Darst have more logic going for them than most.

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What if the Lifeguard Can't Swim?

Michael Pento | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Delta Global Advisors, Sub-Prime, Stocks, Financials, Economy, Politics, Delta Global, Michael Pento, Fannie Mae, Bearish, Green Faucet, Stock Market, Greenfaucet, Fnm, Business News
Michael Pento

Yesterday's earnings report from government sponsored Fannie Mae should cause investors to question whether the very entity charged with saving the real estate market will actually need to be rescued itself.

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Stocks rise and Dow crosses 13,000 as dollar advances

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones, Stock Market, Dow 13, 000, Stocks Rise, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street shot higher Thursday as investors, while anticipating another dismal jobs report Friday, viewed the rising dollar and fal...

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Stocks dip with investors flummoxed over Fed

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Market, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street gave up sharp gains and closed lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point but left i...

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Dow ends up 43 as many investors overcome economic worries

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Market, Nyse, Wall Street, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street ended its second straight winning week with a moderate advance Friday, overcoming concerns about consumer confidence and ...

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Wall Street rises after drop in jobless claims, Ford results

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Stock Market, Stocks, Nyse, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street rallied Thursday after the government's jobless claims data and Ford Motor Co.'s first-quarter results helped reinject so...

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Starbucks Warns Of Weak Earnings, As Amazon And Apple See Profits Jump

Huffington Post | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Northwest Earnings, Earnings, Amazon Earnings, Wall Street, Stock Market, Delta Earnings, Apple Earnings, Stocks, Starbucks Earnings, Business News

Delta and Northwest Airlines, hoping to merge and become the nation's largest airline, posted big losses on Wednesday, the New York Times reported: D...

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Stock Market Recovery? Not So Much

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Ge, Stock Market Recovery, S&P 500, EPS, Bullish Market, Stock Market, Stock Market Rebound, Business News

Friday's GE bomb notwithstanding, the US stock market has bounced off its lows, and bulls are triumphantly proclaiming that we're off to the races aga...

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Our "Home Alone" Government Helps No One

John Fund | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Federal Reserve, Government, Stock Market, Senate, Politics, Bush, Politics News
John Fund

The bloody-minded absolutism of the current confirmation wars threatens to have long-term negative consequences for whichever party holds office in the future.

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"Toxic" Stocks To Avoid

BusinessWeek | Gene Marcial | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Portfolio, Recession, Toxic Stocks, Stock Market, Ben Bernanke, Safe Stocks, Wall Street, Time Bomb Stocks, Business News

Bullish noises for the market abound. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke makes it clear that he's prepared to pull out all the stops to prevent economic collap...

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Wall Street Shows Optimism That Crisis Is Fading

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns Collapse, Credit Crisis, Stock Market, Wall Street, Business News

Stocks started the second quarter with a soaring rally on Tuesday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 400 points, its best performanc...

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Stocks Gain on Last Day of Quarter

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Market, Dow Jones, Fluxuating Markets, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street managed a moderate gain in the final session of a dismal first quarter Monday, but stock prices and the major indexes sti...

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