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History on how presidential elections affect stock markets

Posted by TunisianGuy 382 days ago (http://www.usatoday.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: elections stock usa
Even though the U.S. president can't legislate bull markets or veto bears, that hasn't stopped historians from crunching stock returns to determine[...] read more »
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Great Time To Buy As Home Prices Keep Dropping

Posted by forexlady 394 days ago, popular 394 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: home prices real estate news
Home prices fall to the lowest price in 17 years. If you have the money to buy and are able to get a loan, now may be a good time read more »
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Greenspan Concedes to `Flaw' in His Market Ideology

Posted by polymath22 394 days ago, popular 394 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: alan greenspan ideology market
In May 2005 speech, Greenspan said that ``private regulation generally has proved far better at constraining excessive risk-taking than has governmen[...] read more »
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How Low Can You Go? Cutting Back to Minimum

Posted by longdongsilver 394 days ago, popular 394 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: expenses frugality
"Have you been able to reduce the amount or frequency with which you use certain products? What sorts of things have YOU cut back on?" read more »
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A Brief Look at Why the War in Iraq Is So Expensive

Posted by hankc44 394 days ago, popular 394 days ago (http://ownthedollar.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: iraq
The posting discusses just a few examples of why the war in Iraq has cost as much as the $700 billion financial sector bailout: H2 Hummers for genera[...] read more »
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Long-term investing: painstakingly slow, highly successful

Posted by thekritz 394 days ago, popular 394 days ago (http://www.moneyweb.co.za)
Category: Stocks | Tags: investing stocks
For some, the current markets are perceived as the greatest opportunity in years, for others an overwhelming threat to their financial security. Whil[...] read more »
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Work-Safe Readings for Macro

Posted by TunisianGuy 395 days ago (http://econlog.econlib.org)
Category: Economy
I think there are two difficult issues that puzzle me about macro. First, as much as some people hate the "Wall Street, Main Street" lingo, the que[...] read more »
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Dollar rallies against euro, pound

Posted by casspa 395 days ago, popular 394 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Category: Currencies | Tags: currency economy finance world
The greenback is at a 21-month high against the 15-nation currency as the global rebound appears slower than in the U.S. read more »
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So long, suckers. Millionaire hedge fund boss thanks 'idiot' traders and retires at 37

Posted by Cheapsuits 397 days ago, popular 396 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Category: Stocks | Tags: idiot traders millionaire retire
The boss of a successful US hedge fund has quit the industry with an extraordinary farewell letter dismissing his rivals as over-privileged "idiots[...] read more »
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Things Your Bank Won't Tell You - as a CD Customer

Posted by drake 397 days ago, popular 396 days ago (http://bankdeals.blogspot.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: banks cds savings accounts
Reader's Digest recently came out with a similar list, but it didn't cover many issues that CD and savings account customers face. Banks hope CD an[...] read more »
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World Stock Markets At A Glance

Posted by TunisianGuy 397 days ago, popular 396 days ago (http://stock-promoter.thesubway.com)
Category: Commodities
World Stock Markets At A Glance (US Stocks, Forex, Europe, Asia, and Commodities) - October 20, 2008 read more »
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How to Compute Your REAL Hourly Wage

Posted by longdongsilver 397 days ago, popular 397 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: career
"We don’t earn as much as we think we do, write Dominguez and Robin. You may be paid $15 an hour, but your real hourly wage is less than that..."[...] read more »
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Haunted houses are closing because they're not "scary" anymore

Posted by acmaurer 397 days ago, popular 397 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: businesses economy halloween
People are immune to haunted houses - so those in the industry are trying to figure out what frightens people in order to stay open.[...] read more »
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Bernanke endorses ANOTHER fiscal stimulus

Posted by wangarific 397 days ago, popular 397 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bernanke stimulus package
Bernanke is endorsing the use of a second stimulus package.[...] read more »
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ANOTHER TAX TIP FOR MFI INVESTORS

Posted by deborah 397 days ago (http://www.magicdiligence.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: economy market stock tax
To quickly review, the Magic Formula strategy says to select a stock from the official screen and hold it for one year. If it is a winner, you sell a[...] read more »
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