Topic “stock market”
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2008-11-19
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Yet another reason why I'm not a macroeconomist
Economist Robert J. Shiller--who was right about the stock market ten years ago and who was right more recently about house prices--concisely and correctly diagnoses why TARP and other government actions in the offing don't seem to have helped much.... read
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How Volatile Is This Stock Market?
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Yang’s Stepping Down Adds $1.8 Billion To Yahoo’s Market Cap
Jerry Yang is the $1.8 billion man. The stock market thinks Yahoo is worth that much more without Yang at the helm. That's approximately how much the market capitalization of Yahoo's stock went up this morning, with the first trade after last night's announcement that Yang would be stepping down as CEO. The shares were up nearly 12 percent in early morning trading. read
2008-11-18
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StockBenchmarks - Ticket Weary Investors Need to Ride the Stock Market Roller Coaster
StockBenchmarks uses algorithms to mathematically analyse over 4000 publicly traded stocks. Individual investors and financial planners can easily find strong stocks at www.stockbenchmarks.com read
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Hank the plumber
In the weekly stock market wrap-up($) of Saturday's paper, the Wall Street Journal ran this graphic which, given Hank Paulson's short time left at the Treasury Department, is probably a sign of things to come over the next nine weeks.Just imagine what the last 15 months would have been like if it had been John Snow at the helm instead of Hank Paulson. read
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Hank the plumber
In the weekly stock market wrap-up($) of Saturday's paper, the Wall Street Journal ran this graphic which, given Hank Paulson's short time left at the Treasury Department, is probably a sign of things to come over the next nine weeks.Just imagine what the last 15 months would have been like if it had been John Snow at the helm instead of Hank Paulson. read
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Research in Motion (RIMM): Smart buy in smartphones
[…] Newsletters, Research in Motion (RIMM), iPhone, Smartphones, Stocks to Buy"If you can tolerate the volatility, it's a good idea to begin dipping back in to the stock market, in solid companies with strong cash balances, little debt and great prospects," says wireless sector expert Nikhil Hutheesing. In The Forbes Wireless Stock Watch, the advisor asks, ""In the long run, smart investments today will lead to profits down the road. One of those companies, that I now think looks attractive, […] read
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Chasing Value: ISRG is falling and I'm buying
[…] I'm looking at getting in, but maybe if it hits 112 to even as low as sub 100... But I'm curious how you've taken to it?" As the old saying goes in regards to the stock market, beware trying to catch a falling knife. Regardless, I have been a buyer of late. But first questions first. We did sell 20% of our position for a large gain just under $200 per share, having originally bought in at $7.70. We did not bail out but we did take our original money off the table, and then some.Continue […] read
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Up and down in the stock market: The sad saga of trader #804
[…] professionals grinning and bouncing, hugging each other like it was V-J day and they were all unwed nurses wearing fresh lipstick. In The New York Daily News, the stock market dancing monkey du Jour was a red-headed guy with a close-cropped hairdo, extravagant sideburns, and the standard blue trader's jacket. In picture after picture, the paper featured him leering, giving a thumbs-up, and hugging a burly fellow trader who was a dead-ringer for actor Michael Lerner. At the time, I heaped […] read
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The Six Unknowns That Are Roiling the Stock Market
The stock market's behavior is downright strange lately. Professionals with decades of market experience scratch their heads as the market falls to its lowest point of the year, then surges almost 7% in an afternoon—all for no apparent reason. What's hanging over the stock market these days is uncertainty. BusinessWeek asked stock market experts to identify the biggest unknowns facing investors. These factors will be crucial to clearing up a foggy outlook. Unfortunately, it could take […] read