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Solar Stocks Plunge with Market but Ray of Hope Ahead

Posted by tessant 1309 days ago (http://www.solarfeeds.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: green oil solar solar feeds
Since 2005 Solar stocks have been the “hottest” sector in the stock market, however, with an average Beta close to 2, the volatility of the solar sec[...] read more »
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Why invest in the stock market?

Posted by Bizstudent 1309 days ago (http://www.wisebread.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: investing market money
The conventional reason for investing in the stock market--perhaps offered with a bit less confidence now that we're in the midst of a stock market [...] read more »
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Timing the Market is Loser's Game: What We Can Learn from Dollar-Weighted Returns

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1309 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing timing the market
An explanation of dollar-weighted returns (as opposed to time-weighted returns) and what we can learn from them. read more »
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Economy in Turmoil - A look at the events leading up to the mess on Wall Street.

Posted by pearl 1309 days ago (http://www.msnbc.msn.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy financial crisis wall street
many actors who created the perfect conditions for a once-in-a-lifetime economic catastrophe read more »
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Staying At A Motel? What Are You, Psycho? - MoneyRemix

Posted by geoffreyrcaplan 1309 days ago (http://moneyremix.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: money management personal finance
This is an interesting and very humorous overview of the perils and costs of staying at various types of motels. Planning a vacation? This is a fun a[...] read more »
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Steve Forbes Picks Apart the Pickens Plan

Posted by thekritz 1309 days ago (http://www.forbes.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: steve forbes stocks t. boone pickens
Will T. Boone Picken's plan for jump-starting the economy and capital markets work? See what Steve Forbes thinks... read more »
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LAMPERT'S A HUGE LOSER: $30M/HOUR

Posted by Cheapsuits 1309 days ago, popular 1308 days ago (http://www.nypost.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: eddie lampert loser shld
Even for a billionaire hedge-fund titan, losing $30 million an hour has got to be a bummer read more »
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Hang Seng crumbles 12.7% -- `nothing but pain'

Posted by thekritz 1309 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: hang seng hong kong stocks
Hong Kong stocks crumbled under a barrage of selling Monday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index plunging 12.7% to its lowest finish in more than four[...] read more »
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Forecasters Race to Call the Bottom to the Market

Posted by thekritz 1309 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: credit crisis stock market
Financial forecasters are in a race to call the bottom to the bear market. And just as on the way up, when analysts competed for attention with their[...] read more »
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US ethanol firms can tap farm loan guarantees

Posted by Cheapsuits 1309 days ago (http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au)
Category: Commodities | Tags: ethanol loan gurantees
STRUGGLING US corn-based ethanol producers can take advantage of a government program that helps farm-related companies with loan guarantees, USDA Se[...] read more »
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Will Dropping Gas Prices Bring Back the SUV Craze?

Posted by oboy 1309 days ago, popular 1309 days ago (http://members.greenpeace.org)
Category: Green | Tags: automotive autos gas green suv
Short answer: no. Long answer: the SUV craze of the late 90's and early 21st century came into play from the perspective that they were safer and m[...] read more »
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Financial Crisis vs. Economic Crisis

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1309 days ago, popular 1309 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis economy investing
Discussion of the difference between an economic crisis and a financial crisis. Explains why a financial crisis is no reason to sell your investments[...] read more »
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So, When Will Banks Give Loans?

Posted by jaybol 1309 days ago, popular 1308 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: business journalism
In point of fact, the dirty little secret of the banking industry is that it has no intention of using the money to make new loans. But this executiv[...] read more »
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BART Could Owe AIG Investors $40 Billion

Posted by ttlFantastic 1311 days ago, popular 1311 days ago (http://www.nbcbayarea.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: aig bart economic collapse us economy
Transit agencies around the country, including BART, may have to come up with billions of dollars to repay AIG investors.[...] read more »
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Why I Rent Instead of Own a Home

Posted by masteryourcard 1312 days ago, popular 1312 days ago (http://masteryourcard.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: money personal finance
After I wrote my article, ‘A Little Something Learned About Apartment Living,’ a coworker asked me why I didn’t just buy a house. I got the entire sp[...] read more »
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