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What Should You Do When the Market is Down?

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Recession, Stock Market

You only have three options in the stock market; buy, hold or sell. What will you do in this current market?
Nancy Trejos, a writer from The Washington Post, explores what you should do When You’re Tied Up in a Down Market. After reading this article a few times I have concluded that neither she nor […]

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When Will This Market Ever Get Better?

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Recession, Stock Market

I have virtually climbed into a financial rabbit hole to weather out all and any fallout. I have and always will be a long term investor in the stock market, which means when times get rough I rather hide then sell.
Due my horrible timing of stock purchases in the past few months I have been […]

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5 Financial Fallouts We’re Sick of Hearing About

June 16th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Recession, Stock Market

Oil
Crude oil prices have more then doubled in the past year, and we have all felt this increase at the pump. Financial pundits report the same story over and over again with our dependence on oil, prices reaching new high records and alternative energy. Five dollar, six dollar a gallon gas are the shock tactic […]

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Is Whole Foods a Bargain?

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Recession, Stock Market

Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFMI ) fell 13% today on news of lackluster earnings and it seems that the ‘dust hasn’t settled’ yet.
The problem I see is the reaction to the macroeconomics circumstances were in right now: Americans are worried about inflation therefore spending less money on premium food.
Investors and consumers alike still think were in […]

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Google, IBM, Citigroup: Earnings That Drove the Market Up

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Recession, Stock Market

Investors this week breathed a sigh of relief due to better then expected earnings from several companies who released their numbers.
Google proved that a looming recession had no effect on their numbers as they increased profit by 30% sending its stock price up $90 in one day while skeptics bought back into the company. These […]

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Coca-Cola Reports Earnings: Are They “Recession-Proof”?

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Coca-Cola, Recession, Stock Market

Coca-Cola proved to be “recession-proof” in our unstable economic times by reporting a nineteen percent gain in first-quarter profit. Their strong international sales carried them through and caused the stock to remain stable.
The Coca-Cola Company is a pillar in the consumer goods sector. Their heritage and legacy along with their defensive approach to this market […]

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GE’s Surprise Drop is a Good Thing

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Recession, Stock Market

When a well known, well run conglomerate such as General Electric misses earnings exceptions causing the stock price to tumble thirteen percent I can not help but get excited.

We are no longer in the age of buying high and selling higher, rather we have to look at our current economic state and become […]

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Can Retail Curb a Recession?

March 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Apple, Recession, Starbucks

Its official, the US economy is in a recession even if it doesn’t technically meet the criteria, that at least is what Warren Buffett says. I agree with Warren and also believe in the underlining fundamentals of the US economy, the current factors of our economic downturn is only temporary and though things might get […]

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Stop talk of Recession, Start a conversation about Opportunities

January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Recession, Stock Market

Anyone who has read the newspaper, turned on a television or surfed the web in the last year has heard about our economy and the potential state that it is in. The same gloomy pundits report about the same stories all which are surrounding the infamous “R” word, Recession. I say enough is enough. The […]

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