The financial world has seen many innovative products in the last several years – but unlike many of the structured finance acronyms we’ve come to know for their ability to destroy wealth, ETFs (exchange-traded funds) are of great service to investors. They allow rapid diversification into a defined type of stocks, commodities, or currencies, and [...]
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Social Networking, Community Sites, and Online Brokerages
August 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Random
Any investor or trader who has ever perused typical stock message boards knows they are a wasteland of spam, pumping, and otherwise useless information. Having once owned a small stake in an online investing forum, I know this first hand. And at the same time, in the post-full-service brokerage era of decentralized research and personal [...]
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McCain Presidency Some Market Sectors will Rally
July 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Random
Throughout history, as a new president takes office the stock market declines in anticipation of the new leadership. Normally, under both Democrat and Republican, the stock market increases and life goes on as usually. This does not mean that all sectors will do wonderful and have increases. Investors drive the stock market. Either investors put [...]
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Your Financial Planning Comes First
July 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Random
The genius of the United States of America lies in sacrifice. Your 2008 vote must put the interests of a new generation and its successors front and center. Support that Presidential candidate who presents the most credible agenda for the future evolution of your country. How can the next incumbent of the White House be [...]
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Obama’s Presidency and Possible Effects on the Stock Market
June 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Random
It is curious to see what an Obama presidency might mean for the stock market, and for investors. Barack Obama proposed to impose taxes on “excess profits” of major oil companies, and distributing these monies to ordinary citizens in the form of stimulus checks. The E&P (Exploration and Production) companies may see a hit in [...]
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What is the Lingering Credit Crisis doing to Wall Street jobs?
June 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Random
A sustained and severe credit crunch means that it is harder and more expensive for companies, institutional investors, and consumers to obtain loans in order to fund operations, purchase assets, or acquire companies. Lack of confidence in the financial services sector, partly due to the subprime mess, means that lenders are less willing to risk [...]
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Walls Come Tumbling Down: Street Jobs Feeling The Strain of the Credit Crunch
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Random
At the beginning of 2007, the notion of impending doom caused by a credit crunch would have been ludicrous; Wall Street was revelling in an era of unequalled prosperity, record deals were being struck and profits were soaring, and for workers this meant a bulging pay check. However, fast forward one year and the scene [...]
Eliminate Moral Hazard for Long-Run Healing of Financial Sector
June 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Random, The Markets
The credit crisis in financial markets has been with us for the lion’s share of 2 years. The indelible term is one in which investors are familiar with by now. A mass underwriting of sub-prime loan products, almost 40% by computer automation have you, brought us into this mess. Loans were then packaged into bundles [...]
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