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Home prices due to decline another 20%

One can easily argue that the current state of the economy is much more dire, than the environment of 2002-2003 which saw all time new high levels of[...] read more »
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P2P Lending: The Free Market In Action

P2P lending is one of the most powerful real world examples of how the free market works better than a regulated system with a central authority. read more »
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Not Even Warren Buffett Can Escape the Economic Crisis

Warren Buffett's business Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N)(BRKb.N) said on Friday their third-quarter profit fell 77 percent. read more »
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Unions Are Corporations, Too

The entire anti-corporation/pro-union sentiment so prevalent in America today is entirely illogical and internally inconsistent. Unions are corporat[...] 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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Accept Credit Cards with your Blackberry

You will soon have the option to accept credit cards with your Blackberry. The eMerit solution is the first smartphone related offering to receive ac[...] read more »
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Saying "Risk" When We Mean "Volatility"

Unfortunately, even those of us who understand the difference between risk and volatility often use the wrong word. Consequence: People (ourselves in[...] read more »
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Stop Investing Your 401k Contributions In Company Stock Already

It seems every year we go through a huge company collapse. It’s Enron, Lehman Brothers, numerous mega banks, airlines, and on and on. First we hear a[...] read more »
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America isn’t looking great, but Europe is looking worse

True, in spite of the financial crisis, over the past six weeks the dollar has strengthened substantially against the euro and the British pound, alt[...] read more »
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In Death, Einstein Makes More Money than John Lennon

Who said going into science wasn’t a lucrative career move? In Forbes’ latest ranking of the highest earning dead celebrities, Albert Einstein beat o[...] read more »
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Oil falls to below $60 a barrel

The price of Brent crude oil has fallen below $60 a barrel for the first time in 20 months, amid growing fears that a US recession will reduce demand read more »
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Economists See Recession Through 2009

American economists are now saying that they see the current recession lasting through all of 2009, something consumer sentiment seems to be echoing. read more »
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Airline Industry Looking Good Again

Thanks to the price of oil going down, the airline industry is profitable again. read more »
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What Giant Retailers Don’t Want You to Know: The Real Scoop on $4.00 Prescriptions

Learn the real motivation giant corporations have for selling your $4.00 prescriptions. Here's a hint: it's NOT to save you money. read more »
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Best and worst days to buy stocks

The average 1 day performance of the S&P on a Monday while in a down trend and after having completed a bullish range pivot is 12.6 times greater tha[...] read more »
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