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26
An Excellent Time To Pick Up The Broken Pieces
September 26, 2008 | 5 Comments
For some time now, weekends spell a period of trepidation for investors as the Pandora’s box is opened. Bizarre announcements of historical takeovers, bankruptcies and government interventions left investors grabbing for straws in a cesspool when trading resumed on Mondays.
Sep
24
Investors Uncertain As Bailout Plan Stalled In Midtrack
September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
Since Monday, the “Paulson Plan” has been thrust into intense debates at Senate hearings as Democrats and Republicans unite in their dislike of this mind-numbing $700 billion bailout of the nation’s financial system. I find such actions amusing, if not hypocritical.
Sep
19
Stock Market Bolstered By Bailouts
September 19, 2008 | 4 Comments
In the past week, we have venerable investment banks Lehman Brothers folding and Merrill Lynch merging with Bank of America, leaving Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as the remaining bastions of independents on Wall Street.
Next, the Federal Reserve announced a $85 billion loan to insurance giant, AIG, allowing them breathing space to liquidate assets in […]
Sep
16
Will Wall Street Learn From Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy?
September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments
After the US government put out a forest fire with the takeover of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae last week, Wall Street’s troubles were far from over. As they say, when you see a rat in the house, you can bet there are hundred more rats lurking in the dark corners. Slowly but surely, they […]
Sep
11
Stark Naked Fear In Stock Markets
September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
On Monday, we had a fantastic stock market rally after the US Treasury engineered a takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Regardless of it being the costliest bailout in US financial history, investors’ confidence were restored… for a while.
Suckers, er, investors rushed into the stock market again, picking up oversold stocks as […]
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