20 Apr, 2008
“A recession is possible!” Ben Benrnanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, said this in the first week of April 2008. Now, how does that affect the US Stock Market? The markets are definitely going to plunge southwards. Will this recession will be a shallow one? With the current issues, it looks like a deeper than usual fall in the near future. But, we don’t want to speculate how long the recession will last this time. We want to be on our toes to look for a rebound.
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22 Jan, 2008
After checking the futures over the weekend, I knew the market was going to drop a lot at the open. Like most people, I was happily surprised that the Fed decided to cut interest rates by .75%, which likely averted a market catastrophe.
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22 Jan, 2008
After opening down by almost 500 points, the Dow closes 120 points lower. The initial drop was triggered by a global selloff of stocks. Read the rest of this entry »
21 Jan, 2008
In today’s unstable market, many people are considering shorting stocks. This might be because they believe the market is going to get worse, so they want to bet against the market or they just wish to hedge their bets. Here are three points to consider when going short:
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