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People are selling instinctively now and not on principles or valuations. Apple and Google can prevent this.

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The Labor Department reported today that the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7% today. At the same time, nonfarm payroll showed a decline of 20,000 jobs versus an anticipated gain of 25,000. What's going on? Which report is right? The... Read →

There is a class of auction rate securities - SLARS - that are causing many of the problems in the ARS market. Their auctions have failed and they have low reset rates. The investment banks are going to have to figure out how to bail them out.

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Searching through the BestCashCow bank database, there are 722 institutions that are not only banks but that have Trust in their name. For example: Century Bank and Trust Company, or Alliance Bank in Trust Company. What does the Trust part... Read →

The stock market is cheering the Qualcomm - Nokia settlement, but this represents an excellent chance to sell out of both.

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The iPhone is here, it is real and it is Apple's biggest revolution yet. RIMM and Nokia are understandably scared.

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The economy is collapsing. The banking disease has now extended to the US's "real economy". Tax stimulus and the consumer economy have failed and we seem to be headed to a real depression very quickly. The IPhone is the only thing that can save us here.

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If you have ever been the recipient of a cold call during dinner even though you are on the do not call list, keep reading.

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A little paid attention to area in mutual funds are their cash reserves. How do you like paying some fund manager two percent of you money for hoarding cash? Managers do it all the time so stick around and see why.

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There has been a lot of changes in the laws regarding bankruptcies and here are some of them.

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Yesterday oil fell as low as $132 a barrel, down 10% from the record high of 146 reached on July 11th. Softening economies are beginning to drive down demand and increase stockpiles. Bloomberg reported that: "``The inventory... Read →

Want to make big money? Become a CEO and keel over.

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Warren Buffett is a great investor and maybe, or maybe not a great guy, but I must admit, I'm burned out reading about him, seeing him on CNBC, etc. Is anyone else? Here are some places where I found Warren Buffett over the last... Read →

Banks continue to get hit and their calamities have contributed to a 4% drop in the Dow over the past week and 3 month low.

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