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Jim Cramer Declares The Depression "Over" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 05.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Stock Market, Mad Money, Wall Street, Economy, Jim Cramer, Video, Jim Cramer Video, Jim Cramer Depression, Jim Cramer Mad Money, Business News

On Thursday's episode of "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer declared that the depression is, well, over. No stranger to making bold statements about the stoc...

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Keep the Baby -- Throw Out the Bathwater

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Energy, Investments, Ibm, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Gold, Democrats, Barack Obama, Amazon.com, Apple, General Motors, Finance, Financial Crisis, Republican Party, Personal Finance, Republicans, Citigroup, Akamai, Business News

Those of you who are waiting for the economy to get "back" to normal will probably be waiting for the rest of your lives.

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Street looks past job data, logs 4th week of gains

AP | TIM PARADIS and MADLEN READ | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Not even grisly job losses could get in the stock market's way Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average clawed higher to end above 8...

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Stocks extend 4-week rally; Dow breaches 8,000

AP | SARA LEPRO | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Investors dove into stocks Thursday, extending a rally that gave the Dow Jones industrial average its best four weeks since 1933. St...

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Wall Street opens 2nd quarter with a gain

AP | SARA LEPRO | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stocks Down, Wall Street, Stock Market, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street opened the second quarter with solid gains, extending a four-week rally that brought the market off its lowest levels in ...

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Ballooning Debt Threatens Economic Rebound

Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Subprime Mortgages, Unemployment, Consumer Spending, Economy, Stock Market, Business News

If that's true, the end result of the debt debacle appears inevitable: job firings, consumer spending and home foreclosures will continue to mount, while stocks should once again head lower.

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Best Month In the Market in 7 Years? Who Cares?

Ian Welsh | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

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

Repeat after me: The market is not the economy. Of course the market is doing well. The administration promised to put around 2 trillion more dollars into it in various forms.

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Investors cash in some gains from big rally

AP | TIM PARADIS and SARA LEPRO | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Caution reasserted itself on Wall Street, sending stocks down sharply but not enough to stop the market from notching its third strai...

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Back to the Future

Larry Gellman | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Debt, U.S. Economy, Stocks, Economy, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Credit Crisis, Obama Economy, Real Estate, Credit Cards, Credit Crunch, Finance, Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Personal Finance, Personal Debt, Living News

Although it may not be as much fun as the more recent version, the new normal will probably look more like the normal of my youth than the unsustainable glory days of the last 20 years.

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Stocks Rise On Relief Over Earnings, Debt Auction

AP | TIM PARADIS and MADLEN READ | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — This time, it was the consumer who had Wall Street rallying. Better-than-expected earnings from big consumer brands Best Buy, ConAgr...

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Mortgage-Backed, My Assets!

Patrick O'Sullivan | Posted 04.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Toxic-Financial-Products, Bailout, Rebranding-the-Bailout, Satire, Stock Market, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, U.S. Treasury, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Comedy, Fake News, Paul Krugman, Comedy News

Baby Back Securities: Melt in your mouth, not on your balance sheet. These choice, succulent, tainted assets are smothered in Tim Geithner's own secret recipe sauce (just watch it trickle down!) then slow-grilled to perfection.

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We Are So Angry That We've Lost Our Minds

Larry Gellman | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, U.S. Economy, Congress, Stock Market, Race Riots, Aig Bonuses, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Aig, Barack Obama, Goldman Sachs, Senate, U.S. Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Morgan Stanley, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Bonuses, Business News

President Obama says we should stay angry but express our outrage in productive ways. I say we should get rid of the anger altogether.

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Stocks manage moderate gain after erratic session

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Wall Street is showing it still has some moxie. Investors shook off an attack of nerves that wiped out a big early advance Wednesday...

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Joshua Cooper Ramo: Surprise! Global Financial Crisis Could Turn China Into A Superpower

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.11.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cabinet, China Tibet Crackdown, China Products, World Economy, Henry Kissinger, Time Magazine, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, President Obama, 9/11, Banking Crisis, University of Michigan, Bill Browder, Richard Nisbett, Diane Tucker, Hermitage Fund, China Economy, China Human Rights, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Global Financial Crisis, China, The Atlantic, Age of the Unthinkable, Chinese Financial Crisis, American Superpower, Superpower, Investment Banks, Leveraged Buyout, Subprime Mortgage Market, Stock Market, Free Market, New York/New York, Books, World News

The Chinese banking system has been through so much stress during the last few decades, they are in a much better position than the U.S. to deal with the global financial crisis, says Joshua Cooper Ramo.

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Stocks surge on bank plan, rise in home sales

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Wall Street got the news it wanted on the economy's biggest problems _ banks and housing _ and celebrated by hurtling the Dow Jones i...

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In Cramer We Trust?

Mike Papantonio | Posted 04.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnbc, Air America Radio, Journalism, Jon Stewart, Stock Market, Mike Papantonio, Larry Kudlow, Financial, The Daily Show, Ring of Fire, Crash, Housing Market, Jim Cramer, Pundit, Media News

Most of the pundit misinformation occurred because investigative reporting in the news industry is dead. This new breed of financial TV pitchmen weren't paid to ask tough questions.

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Swimming with the Sharks

Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Trim Tabs Investment, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Stock Market, Gary Wollin, Jaws, Business News

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.

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Wall Street resumes rally following housing report

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — You know things have changed on Wall Street when the housing industry saves the day. A surprise government report that home construc...

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Stocks give up gains after 4-day rally

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: US Stocks, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Stocks, Stock Market, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street's big rally fizzled _ and maybe that's OK. Analysts said Monday's pullback after a four-session surge didn't necessarily...

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Wall Street cautiously optimistic this week

AP | IEVA M. AUGSTUMS | Posted 04.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Otpimistic, Economy, Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, Recession, Business News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wall Street knows it shouldn't get ahead of itself. So traders and investors are likely to go into the new week cautiously as...

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Time to Take Jon Stewart to Task!

Bill Cusack | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnbc, Stock Market Crash, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Comedy Central, Jim Cramer on the Daily Show, Stock Market, Stock Market Crisis, Jim Cramer Daily Show, New York Stock Exchange, John Stewart, Financial Meltdown, Personal Finance, Jim Cramer, Media News

I just finished watching Jon Stewart's almost completely satisfying conversation with Jim Cramer on Hulu. Stewart chastised Cramer for taking Wall St...

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Financials lead stocks to best week since November

AP | SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — A sharp rebound in bank shares and easing worries about the economy pushed stocks to their best week since late November. The market...

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He's a Good Man -- Just Not a Very Good Wizard

Larry Gellman | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Congress, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Mccain, Stocks, Economy, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, The Wizard of Oz, President Obama, Jim Cramer, Stock Market Crash, Economic Stimulus Package, Nancy Pelosi, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Financial Crisis, Harry Reid, Media News

The world of punditry has become like the Emerald City. Everyone is scurrying around in a panic, looking to the Wizard of Obama to save us all from the supernatural threats that surround us.

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Stocks rally on good news for banks, GM, retailers

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Investors have been clamoring for months for a bit of good news. On Thursday, they got a load of it. The Dow Jones industrials shot ...

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The "Obama Bear Market" and Other Tales of Cable News Insanity

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Fox News, MSNBC Joe Scarborough, Glenn Beck, Joe Scarborough, Michelle Malkin, Stock Market, Barack Obama, Media News

When MSNBC airs a reoccurring story that coincides with Michelle Malkin's latest rant, then I think we can safely begin to question MSNBC's descent into crazy.

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