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Stocks point higher after tame inflation reading

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Personal Finance, Finance, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Beyond the Bailout, Banks, Consumer Prices, Cost of Living, Stocks, Business News

NEW YORK — Stock futures are rising on a government report that consumer prices remained flat last month rather than increasing as forecast. A w...

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Stocks plunge anew as data points to recession

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Personal Finance, Retail Sales, Depression, Recession, Economic Slowdown, Stocks, Economy, Debt, Business News

NEW YORK — Investors agonizing over a faltering economy sent the stock market plunging all over again Wednesday after a stream of disheartening ...

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Your Portfolio Numbers Are Sending You a Powerful Message. Are You Listening?

Dan Solin | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Portfolio, Investment Advice, Investing, Stocks, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Dan Solin

When I give talks to groups, I ask for a show of hands for those investors who can tell me the risk of their portfolio as measured by standard deviation. Less than 1% respond.

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Bulls, Bears, Donkeys and Elephants: Investing Under Blue And Red Presidents

New York Times | Tommy McCall | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Stocks, Economy, Personal Finance, Republicans, Democrats, Business News

Since 1929, Republicans and Democrats have each controlled the presidency for nearly 40 years. So which party has been better for American pocketbooks...

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Stocks pull back as profit-taking sets in

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Personal Finance, Finance, Banks, Bailout, Bailout Plan, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street ended a relatively calm session with a moderate loss Tuesday as investors, while happy with the government's plans to spe...

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Are Cheap Stocks Bargains Or Traps?

Los Angeles Times | Tom Petruno | Posted 10.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Trap Stocks, Stocks, Finance, Economy, Bargain Stocks, Personal Finance, Stock Prices, Business News

When the stock market goes on sale, smart investors are supposed to seize the opportunity. But Wall Street's decline of the last three weeks has been...

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What Is A Bear Market?

The New York Times | Catherine Rampell | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Stocks, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Bear Market, Financial Crisis, Stock Exchange, Business, New York Stock Exchange, What Is a Bear Market, Business News

David Leonhardt wrote Thursday that we've entered "the third great bear market of the last century." Others have used the same ursine terminology. Wh...

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Does Higher Volatility Indicate A Push Toward Turning Point?

CNBC | Jeff Cox | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Is This the Bottom?, Finding a Bottom, Finance, Stocks, Is This a Market Bottom?, Economy, Market Bottom, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, World Economy, Business News

Stronger volume in stock trading Friday could raise hopes that the eight-day blowout on Wall Street is pushing toward a capitulation bottom. Over the...

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As Stocks Dive, Are They Closer To Actual Value?

Economix | Deavid Leonhardt | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Valuation, Price-to-Earnings Ratio, Finance, Stocks, Economy, P-E Ratio, Personal Finance, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News

How cheap are stocks? By one important measure, they're as cheap as they have been since 1985. They're 20 percent less expensive than they have been,...

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Major New Bailout Good Move But Won't Stop Recession

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Wall Street Bailout, Stocks, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Business News
Henry Blodget

Steps recommended by economists to ease the credit markets may put western governments and taxpayers in serious financial trouble and are not likely to head off a severe, prolonged recession.

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Kelsey Grammer Says He Predicted The Economic Crisis, Gloats (VIDEO)

Fox News | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Kelsey Grammer, Finance, Stocks, Economy, Personal Finance, Neil Cavuto, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Celebrities Talk Politics, Business News

Kelsey Grammer joined Neil Cavuto on Fox News to talk about the stock markets, getting out of them, anticipating a worse economy based on things Barac...

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Stocks end worst week mixed after wild session

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Stocks, Finance, Personal Finance, World Economy, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 po...

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World stocks slump on Dow open

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, World Economy, Credit Crisis, Credit Crunch, Stocks, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Finance, Personal Finance, Business News

LONDON — Europe's stock markets plunged Friday after Wall Street opened a breathtaking 7 percent lower _ below the 8,000 level _ but they soon r...

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Nasdaq Drops

Washington Post | Renae Merle, Michael A. Fletcher and Neil Irwin | Posted 10.09.2008 | Business

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Fear and foreboding took hold on Wall Street yesterday, as the stock market again plunged and investors became convinced that the nation is on the ver...

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Greenspan's Legacy: How Different Could The World Have Looked?

New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 10.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Stocks, Economy, Banks, Federal Reserve, Personal Finance, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News

If Mr. Greenspan had acted differently during his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman from 1987 to 2006, many economists say, the current crisis might ...

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Short-Selling Ban Expiring: Did It Change Anything?

DealBook | Posted 10.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Short-Selling, Sec, Stocks, Economy, Banks, Short-Selling Ban, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News

Few expect their return, on its own, to spark another precipitous plunge in the stock market. Financial shares have plunged 23 percent since the ban w...

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Stocks zigzag, end lower after emergency rate cut

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO and TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Personal Finance, Federal Reserve, Banks, Finance, Stocks, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Credit Crisis, Credit Crunch, Business News

NEW YORK — A stock market empowered by an emergency interest rate cut tried to find some stability Wednesday, rallying several times before anot...

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Stock Market Foreclosures -- The Whole World Is For Sale

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Investing, Investments, Yom Kippur, Wall Street Crisis, Hedge Funds, Stocks, Judaism, Stock Market, Foreclosure, Business, Business News
Larry Gellman

The gut-wrenching drops in stock prices are not related any more to economic prospects or the decisions of Congress. Stocks are in a foreclosure mode and values have been destroyed by forced selling -- major repentance for past sins.

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Fed move boosts European stocks

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Finance, Economy, World Economy, Personal Finance, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Credit Crisis, Business News

LONDON — World stock markets on Tuesday recovered some of their hefty losses from the previous day, helped by a steady opening on Wall Street af...

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Wall Street Punishment: The Insatiable Urge To Find Accountability

New York Times | Benedict Carey | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Bailout, Wall Street Rage, Finance, Stocks, Wall Street Punishment, Personal Finance, Revenge, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Wall Street Loathing, Business News

The public urge for punishment that helped delay the passage of Washington's economic rescue plan is more than a simple case of Wall Street loathing, ...

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Cramer Says To Get Out Of The Market

MSNBC | Michael Inbar | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer Advice, Stock Market, Stocks, Stocks Down, $700 Billion Bailout, Business News

Bullish investors should turn into shrinking violets as the stock market continues its shocking downward spiral, CNBC's "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer to...

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Stocks end lower amid worries after House OKs plan

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Personal Finance Economy, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout Vote, House Bailout Vote, Stocks, Bailout Bill, Federal Reserve, Labor Department, Jobs Report, Business News

NEW YORK — In the end, congressional approval of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan Friday did little to lift the financial mar...

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Stocks decline on unemployment, factory reports

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Stocks, Personal Finance, Finance, Economy, Senate Bailout Vote, Bailout Vote, Business News

NEW YORK — Pessimism about a protracted economic downturn washed over the financial markets Thursday, sending stocks plunging and further tighte...

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Tape-Painting Suspicions: Why Did Some Stocks Gain So Much At The End Of Tuesday?

New York Times | Floyd Norris | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business

Read More: SLM, Painting the Tape, Finance, Stocks, Economy, Tape-Painting, Sallie Mae, Personal Finance, Wall Street, S&P 500, Business News

The last five minutes of trading on the last day of the quarter were very good to a significant number of stocks on Tuesday, including battered financ...

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The Last Supper on Wall Street: Sushi, Stocks, and Who is Picking Up the Check?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Bail Out, Stocks, Economy, Oversight, Aig, Bankers, Expat, Us Treasury, Goldman Sachs, Paying Bills, Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Lehman, Sushi, Financial, Wall Street, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Denial was overtly present during a three hour dinner at an expensive sushi restaurant. Bankers threw stock prices into the conversation between the dishes of sashimi and cucumber martinis.

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