Posts Tagged ‘ stock market ’

Existing Home Sales Show Glimmer of Hope

Jan 28th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Housing
While I wouldn’t be popping the champagne on a recovery in the dismal U.S. real estate market yet, the latest news does point to some improving trends. And as I’ve said here time and time again, a lousy real estate market got us into this mess and an improving one ...read more

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Investing in India in 2009

Jan 21st, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, International
Of all the crazy events in 2008, seeing the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in flames on TV is one I'll remember for a long time. Last year, when I traveled throughout India, my first stop was Mumbai (or Bombay, as people still call it). I stayed at the Taj Mahal ...read more

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Conglomerate Stocks: The Great Depression Success of American Home Products

Dec 9th, 2008 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Housing, Investing Strategies
Last Friday was the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. It seems we can’t escape looking back over our shoulders at the 1930s. We teeter closer to the sequel no one wants to see: Great Depression II. We got horrible news on the job front last week. Unemployment climbed to ...read more

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