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Commodity ETFs Go for a Ride

Posted by FtblGuy 1212 days ago (http://www.etftrends.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: commodity market investing
The commodities market has done a complete 180, and the market for the bare ingredients that make the world turn have fallen, taking related stocks a[...] read more »
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Buckle Up -- We Haven't Reached Bottom Yet

Posted by FtblGuy 1213 days ago, popular 1213 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: hedge funds stock market
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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Smaller Banks Resist Federal Cash Infusions

Posted by FtblGuy 1213 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout bank recapitalization banks
Peter Fitzgerald, chairman of Chain Bridge Bank in McLean, said he was "much chagrined that we will be punished for behaving prudently by now having[...] read more »
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Comparing Panics and Bubbles

Posted by FtblGuy 1213 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: bubble panic stock market
What's the inverse of a bubble? A panic. That realization dawned on me last week as I watched otherwise rational people frantically selling stocks a[...] read more »
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Obama and McCain Tax Calculators

Posted by FtblGuy 1213 days ago (http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: election mccain obama taxes
Calculators that tell you what your tax liability would look like under the two presidential candidates' tax proposals. read more »
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U.S. to Lose Status as Superpower of Global Financial System?

Posted by FtblGuy 1213 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy finance usa
“One thing seems probable to me,” Peer Steinbrück, the German finance minister, said recently. “The U.S. will lose its status as the superpower of th[...] read more »
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Differences Between US and UK Bank Recapitalizations

Posted by FtblGuy 1214 days ago, popular 1213 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout bank recapitalization banks
In both cases, governments are issuing preferred stock. Sure, the terms are different -- taking on the Brit preferred incurs a steep 12%-a-year payou[...] read more »
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Intervention Is Bold, but Has a Basis in History

Posted by FtblGuy 1214 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout banks government intervention
The United States has a culture that celebrates laissez-faire capitalism as the economic ideal, yet the practice strays at times. Over the last centu[...] read more »
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