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Bittersweet Story: Nassim Taleb's Investors up 50% YTD

Investors advised by "Black Swan'' author Nassim Taleb are up 50%+ this year. The secret? Buying out-of-the-money options on puts and calls read more »
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FTSE 100 Companies and The Bread Line

Find out how some ftse100 companies are tackling poverty and how easy it can be for others to follow suit. read more »
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The Paulson plan will not work. This one has a chance.

After pointing a gun to the head of Congress, threatening a financial meltdown in case his plan was not approved, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has[...] read more »
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Bulls, Bears, Donkeys and Elephants

Since 1929, Republicans and Democrats have each controlled the presidency for nearly 40 years. So which party has been better for American pocketbook[...] read more »
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An Investing Game Plan For Right Now

While I do think we're unlikely to see another week like last week anytime soon, I suspect we're in for a period of ups and downs -- rallies that f[...] read more »
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VC Presentation of Doom [SPOOF]

Wanna know how we got into this mess? Search no further. read more »
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Smaller Banks Resist Federal Cash Infusions

Community banking executives around the country responded with anger yesterday to the Bush administration's strategy of investing $250 billion...[...] read more »
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Next Victim of Turmoil: Your Salary

It is possible, for the first time in weeks, to imagine that the credit crisis may be about to ease. But one of the big lessons of the last year has [...] read more »
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The Relationship Between the Great Depression and the Financial Crisis of 2008

The depression of 1929 is the wrong model for the current economic crisis read more »
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Study says most corporations pay no U.S. income taxes

Most U.S. and foreign corporations doing business in the US avoid paying any federal income taxes, despite trillions of dollars worth of sales.[...] read more »
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Bill Gates predicts 9% unemployment

Microsoft's Bill Gates predicted the unemployment crisis could push the jobless rate above 9% for the first time in a quarter century.[...] read more »
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Slavery=Freedom: Bush:"Bank Buyout Needed to Preserve Free Markets"

In what may be the most Orwellian comment in history, President Bush just stated the "Bank Buyout Needed to Preserve Free Markets"[...] read more »
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Financial Crisis: What should I do with my money now inflation is so high?

Savers are suffering from negative real interest rates: the first time base rates have been below the rate of inflation since 1981 – the depths of th[...] read more »
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Buckle Up -- We Haven't Reached Bottom Yet

The next shoe to drop will be the hedge funds, which are posting worst-ever losses from investments that have led to record withdrawals. By one estim[...] read more »
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How to make money in the futures markets every single day

This video show tactics that allow you to scale out of positions in the index futures markets. These are low risk high probability trades that anyone[...] read more »
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