Labor unions have been in the news lately, especially in Wisconsin where lawmakers are trying to change the way things work. They are trying to get rid of collective bargaining agreements, so that unions won’t have any power anymore. Whether that’s good or bad remains to be seen, and it mostly depends on what side [...]
For investors on Wall Street, it has been a bumpy ride. The ups and downs of the market are always there, but they’ve been greatly exaggerated in recent years because of economic problems and issues with the housing market. Recently, the crisis in Japan and the problems with Libya have also affected the market and [...]
It’s no secret that there has been a lot of volatility and unrest in the US stock market lately. Problems in other countries have affected what happens to the US market, and that’s something that should be taken into account if you’re about to invest. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t consider the US stock [...]
Lately, it’s very hard to get a handle on what wall street is doing. It will have its best day on record, and then will turn right around and plummet for a day or two. It’s confusing, and it’s upsetting for investors because they don’t really know what to do about it. Should they invest [...]
If you’ve purchased gasoline lately, you’ve seen that the price of it just keeps rising. In the matter of a couple of weeks, gas prices jumped around 40 to 50 cents per gallon. They will continue to rise, most likely, and many people are blaming the unrest in Libya for the rise in prices. Of [...]
With the volatility in the stock market, it’s very hard for investors to know what to do. They want to make money, but the market isn’t like it used to be. There’s still money to be made, of course. People just have to be more flexible and they have to be more patient. Right now, [...]
The stock market has been up and down a lot recently, but that’s true again now that Japan has suffered a serious natural disaster. With the earthquake and tsunami, and the lingering radiation fears, Japan is reeling – and that has affected the US stock market, as well. After two solid losses, the market rebounded [...]
Fortunately for investors, stocks are slowly starting to recover. They were doing relatively well until Libya started causing problems. Then they leveled out, only to be hit by fears over what would happen with Japan, post-earthquake. Now they are starting to recover again. If a natural or man-made disaster can be avoided, stocks should continue [...]
Just a couple of days ago, stocks hit their biggest day in 2011 so far. People who had gotten out of the stock market when things were bad were lamenting their choices and wishing that they would have stayed in. People who hadn’t gotten in because the market was bad were rethinking their choices. It [...]
When it comes to schemes and scams, it’s hard not to think of Bernie Madoff. He took so much money from unsuspecting people, and the legal fallout from what he did is still going strong. The trustee of the Madoff case is currently suing the SEC’s chief lawyer, saying that the lawyer profited from the [...]
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