This week’s Buttonwood column in The Economist looks at the global stock market rally that is now entering its third month, raising the possibility that some investors will begin looking at their neckties for signs of trouble. …

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How does a stock market work? Does it make much money because of the stock market?

Huh?

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Green Shoots Or Rose-Colored Glasses

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The stock market continues to rally. Yesterday evening the S&P500 closed with a 7.1% gain and the Nasdaq closed 6.9% higher. This brings us up to a 21% move in two weeks, which is the biggest 10 trading day increase in S&P500 since 1938 …

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Stock Market: What college major is closest to the stock market?

There are very few, if any, academic courses that will provide a sufficient working knowledge of the stock market nor markets for any other types of securities. This is true from the very smallest colleges to the big ivy league liberal institutions.

Yes the closest course may be Finance, but

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I think this is a dead cat bounce and we won’t see this rally go past 8000 if 7750 on the DOW – so hold tight as more bad news is still to come for the rest of 2009.

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Intel to Freeze Salaries, Exchange Employees’ Options

Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, rose 87 cents, or 5.9 percent, to $15.52 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading at 4 pm New York time.

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“Manufacturing makes up about two-thirds of U.S. exports, and contributed more to G.D.P. growth over the last 20 years than any other sector of the U.S. economy,” said David Huether, chief economist for the National Association of …

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How has Russia’s change from a planned economy to a more free market economy improved the Russian economy?

Return Of the Czar – frontline documentary will answer your question. (read the interviews if you don’t want to pay to see the film) Return of the Czar would def. answer your question, it’s really interesting. It talks about how US tried to introduce “Democracy”

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links for 2009-03-21

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US CBO sees economy shrinking 1.5 pct in 2009 Q4/Q4

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Congressional Budget Office on Friday forecast that the US economy would contract 1.5 percent in 2009 on a fourth-quarter over …

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“Somebody said that we’re not in President Obama’s Final Four, and as much as I respect what he’s doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said with a …

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-economy–?

I am not exactly sure what you are asking, but I will try to answer anyway.

In the economy, there are going to be net borrowers and net lenders.

Net borrowers are currently spending more than they are able to earn. This group typically includes businesses, some individuals, and of

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Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Eric Holder Gun Control

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US Economy: Leading Indicators Index Fell 0.4% in February

By Shobhana Chandra and Timothy R. Homan March 19 (Bloomberg) — A measure of the economy’s future performance dropped and the number of Americans …

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How did the Stockmarket Crashed during the Great Depression?

During the 20s, buying on credit was a new thing. People also started using installment plans to give monthly payments for things that they bought. There were new forms of technology and more people were getting homes with electricity and wanting to buy washing machines and such. To meet consumer

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Investing in the Stockmarket is Gambling…or is it?

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NFL Stock Market: Jay Cutler and the NFL’s Reign

By James Rees This week’s edition of NFL Outsider’s Stock Market takes a look at the Jay Cutler saga and the popularity of the NFL. …

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Most investors don’t take seriously warnings about the future of the economy and the financial marketplace, but those who did avoided the dreaded Cs of.

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What makes the numbers of a stock price in the stockmarket change numbers?

It’s supply and demand. If a company is reporting good quarterly figures and upward trends, people are willing to buy the stocks at a higher price, so brokers will start trading them at a higher price. If a company is going in the wrong direction and demand goes

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The Obama Stock Market

“The stock market is also demonstrating a lack of confidence in the president’s big government agenda,” said CNN’s Lou Dobbs. And it’s not just those on the …

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March 16, 2009 Stock Market Recap. Posted on March 16th, 2009 in Stock Market. It was a tug-of-war today between the notably weak Nasdaq and large cap indices. I think that early strength in the financials had a lot to do with the …

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What happens to money I invested in the stockmarket if that company stops trading?

unfortunately, your shares are worthless. You can write off the cost of the shares on your tax return on a dollar-for-dollar basis against any gains you have. If you have a tax adviser, talk to him/her about it.

Shareholders are always the last group to get any $$

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Citigroup’s Levkovich Says US Stock Market Rout May Be Over

By Eric Martin and Thomas R. Keene March 17 (Bloomberg) — The 17-month US stock market decline may be at or near an end after investors exhausted their …

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It’s a very large fall from jet flying, limo riding, corporate dollar rolling to the slammer. Not only is it a long way to the top, as ACDC says, but also a big fall when you get there.

The correctional facility will issue Madoff a prison number, orange jumper and bedding. Madoff’s cellmate has already been determined by his fellow inmates.

And he’s not even there yet.

Here’s hoping Madoff gets media mogul Conrad Black, who prisoners, I understand from sources, refer to as Lord Blackie.

Madoff can expect to get his own prison name.. Madoff just doesn’t have the prison name slang that rings off cold drab prison walls. Given the average prisoner won’t understand what the hell a Ponzi Scheme is, they’ll most likely refer to Madoff as The Ponz or Ponzi.

Of course Madoff will then be required to give the thumbs up and ‘Go Eh.’ Investors, or marks if you use the carnie term, bought into his ability to fix the stock market like Happy Day’s Fonzi fixed the juke box.