Posts Tagged ‘
stock market ’
Aug 8th, 2011 |
By Robert Murphy |
Category: Economics, Featured, Macro Economics
Investors the world over are still reeling from last Thursday's massive plunge in the US equity markets, in which the major indices all gave up more than 4 percent. It was the worst day for the US stock market since December 2008. [And today's markets are down over 4% again.--Ed.]
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Tags: Austrian economics, Federal Reserve, Gold, inflation, stock market
Posted in Economics, Featured, Macro Economics |
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Mar 5th, 2010 |
By Dan Denning |
Category: Featured, Personal Investing
Here in the States everyone is keen to see the non-farm payrolls report. It comes out on Friday. Anecdotal evidence (what people say) suggests that the employment situation here is still pretty bad. But government statistics can say pretty much whatever you want them to say.
If you’re looking for the ...
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Tags: Federal Reserve, government, Greece, stock market
Posted in Featured, Personal Investing |
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Oct 19th, 2009 |
By Dan Amoss |
Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
Nearly every economic and corporate development over the past few months has been translated into a reason to buy stocks.
But underneath the elation over Dow 10,000 lies the palpable feeling that this rally is to be “rented,” not “owned.”
As cool weather descended upon the Northeast U.S., risk appetites started to ...
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Tags: rally, stock market
Posted in Featured, Investing Strategies |
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May 14th, 2009 |
By Linda Brady Traynham |
Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Personal Investing
I'm a contrarian--and a rebel, and I am fed up with people telling me that the days of America's greatness are over and we're all going to have to settle for drab, uncertain, very low-end lives to repent sins of the past and so that the rest of the world ...
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Tags: Credit bubble, Economic Depression, stock market
Posted in Featured, Macro Economics, Personal Investing |
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Oct 23rd, 2007 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Macro Economics
When it comes to judging a stock's potential, there are really just two schools of thought. They're called fundamental analysis and technical analysis. And while successful traders often use both types of analysis, the most successful traders master one or the other.
In general, fundamental analysts concern themselves with a company ...
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Tags: investing in stock, investment maneuvers, judging stocks, stock market
Posted in Macro Economics |
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Jul 27th, 2007 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Macro Economics
I’m sure you’ve heard people say that Wall Street never gives you the whole story. That it’s not in the Street’s best interests to tell you about the market’s biggest opportunities. That it keeps you in the dark about all the money over-the-counter and bulletin board stocks can deliver.
It might ...
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Tags: evaluate stock, fisher's investment philosphy, morningstar.com, Philip Fisher, stock market
Posted in Macro Economics |
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May 18th, 2007 |
By Michael Shedlock |
Category: Macro Economics
Asia Times is reporting that stock market transaction volumes are exploding in China:
“Six months ago, total transaction volumes on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges were less than US$5 billion per day. That figure now stands 10 times as high, at $50 billion per day. This volume is something China can ...
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Tags: chinese stock market, nasdaq, stock market
Posted in Macro Economics |
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May 11th, 2007 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Macro Economics
STOCK OPTIONS ARE pure speculations...and the chance of loss is quite high. If you can't afford to lose money on them, you shouldn't bother buying them.
I firmly believe it is my job to be as blunt about that as possible. The potential rewards of options are very tempting, and anyone ...
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Tags: paper trading, stock market, virtual trading
Posted in Macro Economics |
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Apr 16th, 2007 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Macro Economics
"Relax, the Over-all Market Probably Won't Tank" BusinessWeek, April 27, 2000
Introduction
Although I read and collect information and ideas every day, whenever the day comes each month when I actually have to start writing this report, the words of Gene Fowler (an extremely successful screenplay, sports, and humorous writer) come to ...
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Tags: asset markets, consumption, credit tightening, global liquidity, investing, mortgage debt, stock market
Posted in Macro Economics |
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Mar 2nd, 2007 |
By Dan Amoss |
Category: Macro Economics
This week, the stock market flashed warnings that investors should fasten their seat belts and revisit fundamentals. The fundamentals underlying the broad market are weakening, so if you are invested in the stock market, you want to be in the right sectors.
As my colleague Chris Mayer wrote in this ...
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Tags: inflation, liquidity, market fundamentals, overpaying, stock market
Posted in Macro Economics |
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