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Government Sells T Bills at 0%; Hasn't Happened Since Great Depression

In an auction on Tuesday, the Treasury sold $30 billion of short-term securities at a 0% interest rate. Investors were willing to accept 0 return to [...] read more »
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Muscle Cars Meet Green Technology

Is a Ford-450. It is 14,000 pounds of pure mean, green machine. Now, every big truck or car this self-taught 7th-grade drop-out from Wichita, Kan., w[...] read more »
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Dire Forecast for Global Economy and Trade

The world economy is on the brink of a rare global recession, the World Bank said in a forecast released Tuesday, with world trade projected to fall [...] read more »
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ETF Update: Spotlight on China

China's ETF (FXI) has vaulted impressively above its November lows, now leading most world indexes in intermediate-term relative strength. read more »
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Dire Forecast for Global Economy and Trade

The world economy is on the brink of a rare global recession, the World Bank said in a forecast released Tuesday, with world trade projected to fall [...] read more »
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Treasury bonds a short

Today the 90 day T-bills hit a negative yield. The 30 year bond is grossly overbought, the ADX is extremely high @ 81, signs of bearish divergence in[...] read more »
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Everything you ever wanted to know about bank fees

Bank fees nickle and dime us out of our money. Learn some of the tricks banks are using to eat up your wealth. read more »
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Mutual Funds With Money-Back Guarantees: Wave Of The Future?

Mutual funds that return management fees to investors years they don't beat their relevant benchmark exist and will probably become more popular as [...] read more »
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Book Review: Clean Money - Picking Winners in the Green Tech Boom

I had the pleasure of reading Clean Money by John Rubino this past week.
Amidst all the doom and gloom of the collapsing stock market, rising unem[...] read more »
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The Economic Meltdown Meets the Tip’d Growth Curve

We launched a web site for discussing financial news right at a time when people started increasingly discussing financial news. read more »
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SUVs At Altar, Detroit Church Prays For A Bailout

With sport-utility vehicles at the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress t[...] read more »
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Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Euronext up after talks

Shares in Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext posted strong gains Monday after weekend reports that the firms had discussed a merger, though any talks [...] read more »
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Straphangers grow in step with gas prices

More Americans opted to take public transportation in the third quarter as gas prices hit record levels. read more »
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White House Says Detroit Bailout Deal "Very Likely" Today

The White House said it was "very likely" to reach agreement today with Congressional Democrats on a package of emergency assistance for the Big Th[...] read more »
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Dow Chemical to Cut 5,000 Jobs, Close 20 Facilities

Dow Chemical Co., the largest U.S. chemical maker, will eliminate 11 percent of its workforce, close plants and sell businesses as the deteriorating [...] read more »
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