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Investing, Philosophy And The Federal Reserve With Doug Kass
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 1:05pm | 1210Read More...“I think it’s very important for investors to invest with their head, not over it.” Author and television personality Doug Kass, whose book “Doug Kass on the Market: A Life on The Street” came out recently, granted an exclusive conversation with Benzinga...
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WalletHub's 11 (Mostly) Upbeat Economic Predictions For 2015
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 3:45pm | 1037Read More...For many investors, the most coveted super power – assuming super powers were possible -- would likely be the ability to foretell the future accurately. Personal finance social network, WalletHub, with help from a panel of experts, offered the next best thing with 11 economic predictions...
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Is It Time To Sell The Rips Instead Of Buying The Dips?
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 12:15pm | 637Read More...During major sell-offs over the last few years, the mainstream media will feature guests or analysts that preach “buy the dip.” It is hard to argue that this strategy has not been profitable, as the market has continued with its impressive run. These are many of same analysts, however, that said...
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Defending The Indefensible: Flash Trading Helped Save the Stock Market
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 4:01pm | 1077Read More...In his latest book, Flash Boys, Michael Lewis contends the stock market is "rigged" in favor of institutional investors who buy and sell securities rapidly with computer programs, booking loads of tiny profits. This is at the expense of the individual investor, Lewis claims. Actually, it is the...
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Ford vs. General Motors - Who's In The Driver Seat?
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 1:10pm | 440Read More...The past five or six years have been a real roller coaster for companies in the American auto industry, much as companies in many American industries. The fate of the big three American auto manufacturers – Ford (NYSE: F), General Motors (NYSE: GM), and Chrysler – were in as much...
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L. Brooks Patterson: Oakland County Is A 'Job Creating Juggernaut'
Monday, July 29, 2013 - 2:44pm | 995Read More...Oakland County is located just to the northwest of Wayne County, home of Detroit in Southeastern Michigan. As the city of Detroit goes through the largest city bankruptcy in U.S. history, Oakland County is flourishing, attracting more residents and adapting to the modern economy. Bloomberg...
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Is the Table Set for the Next Financial Crisis?
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 3:24pm | 961Read More...Last week, the Federal Reserve announced its third-round of quantitative easing, whereby the bank essentially prints money and then buys assets with it in order to add liquidity to the financial system and bring down interest rates. The ultimate goal of this monetary policy tool is to spur economic...
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Our Kafkaesque World: The Market, Mayhem, and Mankind
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 11:11am | 2042Read More..."Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already...
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How To Play The Coming Recession
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 2:26pm | 902Read More...U.S. Treasuries have always been seen as a "safe" investment, backed by the full faith, and credit of the U.S. government." Yet with worries about the debt ceiling, and the possibility of a downgrade of U.S. debt, we have seen the continued move down in yields on U.S. Treasury debt. Many market...
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License Plates Could Be Untapped Source for State Revenue
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 1:50pm | 525Read More...With public calls for tax cuts, substantial state budget shortfalls, and legislative moves to cut state government spending, state governments are going to have to start getting creative in raising funds. One way in which state governments could raise a good amount of funding could be through the...








