Market bottom? Who cares?
Is the market near the bottom? If you’re smart enough to stay invested, it doesn’t matter. The market will turn unpredictable and, in an instant, if you’re not invested, you’ll miss it.
September 25, 2008
Why some boring stocks look like bargains
In a market knocked around by bad government actions, I’m looking at the preferred stocks offer a fat dividend and are less volatile than their common stocks. I
World economy on the brink?
BBC News is chairing a debate on the current financial crisis.
US ‘agrees Wall Street bail-out’
Both parties in the US Congress have reached agreement on the basics of a $700bn bail-out plan shoring up Wall Street, a leading senator says.
US agrees outline bail-out accord
US legislators reached ‘fundamental agreement’ on the Bush administration’s $700bn financial rescue plan, as lawmakers homed in on a compromise after another day of intense stress in the money markets.
GE cuts outlook and halts buy-back
The industrial conglomerate, seen as a bellwether for the US economy, slashed its earnings forecast for the year and suspended its share buy-back because of ‘unprecedented weakness and volatility in the financial services markets’
Bush warns of ‘long and painful recession’
The president said he had invited congressional leaders and both presidential candidates to the White House on Thursday in a bid to break the deadlock over the proposed $700bn bail-out of Wall Street