Posts Tagged ‘ credit crisis ’

Profiting from the Wealth Effect

Jan 7th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Housing, Investing Strategies
Perhaps the biggest reason the stock market is a leading indicator of where the economy is headed is what's called the "wealth effect."  It goes something like this… When our portfolios are headed higher, we usually go out and spend like the dickens.  After all, with nice fat investments we feel ...read more


Penny Stocks and the Post-Credit Crisis Reality

Dec 4th, 2008 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Penny stocks
If you were to view a list of the 75 richest people in all of history — adjusted for inflation — you would see names of royalty and powerful businessmen from around the world. Of these 75 names, 14 are Americans born within nine years of each other in the mid-1800s. ...read more