Stock Market Crash

Why Investors Still Fear Stocks

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012

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By Chris Taylor March 13 (Reuters) - By all accounts, investors have enjoyed a terrific start to 2012. Stocks had thei...

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This May Have Wrecked Your Mutual Fund In 2011

AP | By MARK JEWELL | Posted 03.12.2012

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BOSTON -- Managers of stock mutual funds had an unusually tough time beating the market last year, with fewer than one in five achieving that goal, a ...

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Americans' Biggest Fear

AP | By MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 03.12.2012

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NEW YORK -- The headlines say the financial crisis is behind us. The Dow is back to pre-financial crisis levels. Layoffs are the slowest since the fin...

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Gambling Millions in Milliseconds: The Global Economic Risk of Automated Trading

Robbie Gennet | Posted 03.24.2012

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Robbie Gennet

Robots gambling with the world's money so fast that they'll stretch cables across oceans just to gain a few milliseconds of speed. Do not insult the term "investing" by calling this thing what it is: auto-gambling.

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The "5 P's" of Successful Goal Setting

Pamela Yellen | Posted 03.18.2012

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Pamela Yellen

There are simply times in our lives when we are better prepared to incorporate our past experiences and ongoing motivation into a winning formula for success.

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After Big Drop, Stock Market Wraps Up Best Month In Nearly A Decade

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 12.31.2011

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NEW YORK — October is somewhat cursed for the stock market – the Crash of 1929, Black Monday in 1987, a slow-motion meltdown in 2008. This...

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A Tech Bubble, Boom or Bust?

John Backus | Posted 12.31.2011

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John Backus

We're not in a bubble. We're not in a boom and we're definitely not going to bust. We're watching a new ecosystem emerge, albeit prudently, which presents fairly fertile ground for entrepreneurs with sound business models and opportunity aplenty for those with the patience and persistence to ride the next wave.

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To Sell or Not to Sell?

Tom Devonshire | Posted 11.25.2011

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Tom Devonshire

Three years ago Warren Buffett said "Be fearful when everyone is greedy. Be greedy when everyone is fearful." We had just seen a huge crash in worldwi...

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Why Buffett's 'Shared Sacrifice' Should Only Be The Start

Bloomberg | Jonathan Weil | Posted 10.25.2011

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Whenever the leadership class feels nervous, you can count on some of them to offer the less-moneyed masses a bone to demonstrate they care. Warren Bu...

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As the Economy Tumbles, a CEO Playbook for Marketing

Zach Clayton | Posted 10.11.2011

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Zach Clayton

As markets spiral downward -- quickly followed by consumer confidence -- each CEO must ask hard questions about how to grow his business in this tumultuous economic environment.

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Riding Out the Stock Storm

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.09.2011

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Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

I don't know how long it's going to take to dig out from under this monetary mess. I do know I'm not going to give in to panic.

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What's Happening to America?

Ethan Casey | Posted 10.09.2011

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Ethan Casey

A decade ago, I read a book that made a lasting impression on me. It was a memoir called Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner, who had recently passed ...

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Alex Wagner

Tech Stock Crash: End Of The Bubble?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 10.08.2011

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As the stock market continued a sharp slide on Monday, technology companies found themselves hammered particularly hard, with the Dow Jones U.S. Tech ...

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Time For A Double Dip?

The Economist | Posted 10.04.2011

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THIS ought to have been a good week for the American economy. The country’s leaders at last ended a ludicrously irresponsible bout of fiscal brinkma...

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What the Heck Is Going on With the Stock Market?

Jared Bernstein | Posted 10.04.2011

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Jared Bernstein

It's not unusual for the market to be manically depressive and psychotraumatically challenged at a time like this. But we really need some good news. And that may not happen until we get some good policy coming out of Washington.

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Small Business Owners Plan To Hire Despite Cash Flow Concerns

Open Forum | Jason Del Rey | Posted 06.20.2011

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Yesterday, American Express OPEN released the results of its latest Small Business Monitor, a biannual survey of small business owners. While the repo...

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WATCH: Wall Street Bull Crocheted By Artist Olek

Posted 05.25.2011

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Think crocheting a hat is hard? Then New York artist and crocheter-extraordinaire Olek will put your skills to further shame. Olek has recently croche...

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Stock Market Falls After Bleak Jobs Report

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Stocks fell to their lowest level in four months Friday after the government said hiring remains weak and another European country wa...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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What In the World is Going On with Stocks?

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry Gellman

The stock market seemed to be in sync with the improving economy until Tuesday when, without warning, the bottom dropped out and full blown panic set in.

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Did Stock Market Tumble Start In Chicago?

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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The budget problems in Greece were initially blamed for the market turbulence, but then word came down of some bad trades at the Chicago Mercantile Ex...

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SEC Will Probe Stock Crash, Possible Manipulation: Report

bloomberg.com | David Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

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May 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators plan to examine whether securities professionals triggered yesterday’s stock- market plunge or exploited the tu...

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Trader FREAKS OUT During Webinar As Stock Market Crashes (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Reformed Broker has this, well, pretty darn hilarious video of a trader giving a webinar as the market crashed yesterday. Our favorite quote c...

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Stock Market CRASH Followed By Big Rebound: LIVE UPDATES

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Dow Jones Industrial Index plunged dropped by nearly 1,000 points today -- and then staged an amazing rebound. The news flooded Twitter. Check ...

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Wall Street Is Suicidal. It's Time to Focus on Those Who Aren't

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven G. Brant

Part of what will make reforming Wall Street possible is to move Wall Street out of the center of our focus... to take away the celebrity element that has been part of its culture for the last 30 years.

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