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Should I Invest In My 401(k)’s Stable Value Fund?

The pitch: "Cash with better interest". You get the safety and stability of principal found in a money market fund, but with the higher returns of [...] read more »
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Is Forex Intervention Back on the Table?

Central banks consider currency intervention -- to slow the rise of the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen. read more »
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Ideas and Actioning Them

The author discusses having ideas, capturing them, actioning them and then analysing them. read more »
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You Win Some You Lose Some

Let me tell you a secret. A winning system is usually not more than 60% successful. Even though you find one with 80-90% successful system on the pa[...] read more »
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Unemployment to rise in Obama's 1st year in office?

Any new president left with the current economic mess has their work cut out for them. Obama is no different, and it's likely that jobless rates wil[...] read more »
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Time to Buy Treasury Bonds?

Bonds tend to be sold when govts need money. Which might be why the U.S. govt is planing to sell U$55B of them next week, at a rate of 5% annual -- a[...] read more »
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How Will A Carbon Market Drive Economic Land Reform?

There are two well known and highly charged sayings about land:
—–agriculture is the foundation of economic growth
—–all land use is inherently p[...] read more »
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Denmark Pushes for Vote to Adopt Euro

Denmark's government said it would push for a national vote on whether to adopt the euro currency, showing how the global financial crisis has begun[...] read more »
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Financial Experts say AIG Should Have Filed For Bankruptcy Instead Of $143Bn Bailout

Growing swell of opinion that AIG's shareholders would have been best served by a bankruptcy, not a bailout. read more »
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U.S. Stocks Advance in Election Day Rally Signifying Hope For Climate Policy

U.S. stocks advanced today in the biggest presidential Election Day rally in 24 years. This has been led by energy and banking shares, on higher comm[...] read more »
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A Hardship Letter to Countrywide - Family on the Brink of Disaster

"One reader - who we will call "Kitty" - has volunteered her to share her story, recounting the chain of events that has thrust her family from th[...] read more »
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Publishers rush to get financial crisis books out

Seems "Das Kapital," the classic from Karl Marx, is selling more copies since the global economy went kaput. Eight times its usual rate of about 20[...] read more »
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What Makes Stocks Go Up or Down in Price

Know the real reason of why stocks go up or down and many things will make much more sense! read more »
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Is Water Technology The Latest Green Investment Opportunity?

An analysis of the growth in VC investment in the water sector, by Paul O’Callaghan, founding CEO of the Clean Tech consultancy, O2 Environmental Inc[...] read more »
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Building A Straw Bale Home

Want to live in a home that uses 75% less energy than the one you have now? Then check out straw bale homes... read more »
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