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10 Stocks to Buy Now!

30. December 2008

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10 Stocks to Buy Now!

Fortune Magazine Article: 10 Stocks to Buy Now Altria: MO Annaly Capital Management: NLY Dell Devon Energy: DVN Diamond Offshore: DO Fluor: FLR Johnson & Johnson: JNJ Medco Health Solutions: MHS Pfizer: PFE Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan: POT -Craig

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GMAC is pushing to become a bank

29. December 2008

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GMAC is pushing to become a bank

GMAC future hinges on vote Auto finance company says future rides on bondholders’ acceptance of debt-for-equity exchange. By David Goldman, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — GMAC LLC is still counting a crucial vote Monday that could determine if the auto finance company turned bank can stay afloat. GMAC bondholders had until midnight last [...]

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What Investors Should Do now (article)

3. October 2008

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Fortune magazine: What investors should do now

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Wells Fargo Trumps Citigroup’s Offer to Buy Wachovia

3. October 2008

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Wells Fargo Trumps Citigroup’s Offer to Buy Wachovia

Wells Fargo Agrees to Buy all of Wachovia for about $15.1 billion in stock, keeping Wachovia intact and needing no U.S. assistance. Citigroup offered to buy Wachovia’s Banking operation for $2.16 billion, which would relied on financial backing from the FDIC and leave behind the A.G. Edwards Inc. brokerage and the Evergreen mutual-fund family. . [...]

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Interesting Article; Hedge Funds

10. April 2008

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Hedge funds make it hard to say goodbye By Gregory Zuckerman The Wall Street Journal – April 10, 2008 (Copyright (c) 2008, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) If you thought getting into a hedge fund was tough, try getting out of one. With the markets sputtering, some high-profile hedge funds are rejecting withdrawal requests, with [...]

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Where to invest for the short term?

7. February 2008

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This is one of the most relevant articles I’ve seen on line that really captures what we are trying to do with our site. We want to answer questions like this and hear other people’s opinion. The question that was posed to the author is: I’m 23 and make $50,000 a year. I put 8% [...]

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Don’t try to invest like the pros

4. February 2008

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I don’t know how many people read financial articles, sometimes it’s a pain to find a good one, but one of the more interesting once I have found is called “Don’t try to invest like the pros.” The writer of this article analyzed 600 finance professors at major U.S. universities to find out how they [...]

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Microsoft buying Yahoo would mean big competition for Google

1. February 2008

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Microsoft buying Yahoo would mean big competition for Google

Microsoft recently made a $240 million dollar deal with Facebook and is now moving in on Google, by attempting to buy out Yahoo. Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars. In a brief statement, Yahoo said it “will evaluate this proposal carefully and promptly in the context of Yahoo’s strategic plans and pursue [...]

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NOK vs MOT vs AAPL

9. January 2008

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I’ve recently been looking to invest into some cell phone stocks. Three stocks that have caught my eye are Nokia, Motorola and Apple. All three make different and interesting products. From the general product review I believe Nokia makes a superior product, but keep in mind I’m not a techy (a techy opinion would be [...]

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REITs

3. January 2008

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A lot of people have never heard of REITs but they have proven to me excellent investment vehicles. What are REITs? A Real Estate Investment Trust, or REIT, is a company that owns, and in most cases, operates income-producing real estate. Some REITs finance real estate. To be a REIT, a company must distribute at [...]

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