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Besides serving as a prophylactic for U.S. stock markets, the Fed’s unusually urgent cut this morning is meant to bolster businesses and families feeling the strain of an increasingly squishy economy. Economists are predicting the Federal Open Market Committee isn’t through yet and will slice again next week at their policy meeting. With small businesses making up such a giant chunk of the U.S. economy, that means Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and company are talking to you — hoping low rates will get you to borrow and spend.
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Three job postings reveal that 130/30 is as much about sales and education as it is about investing….
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Our Buy List was down -0.21% for the day compared with a -1.11% drop for the S&P 500. Until late in the day, we were in the black. The Buy List has again outperformed the S&P 500 for the year. And like last year, we’ve done it with less volatility.

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People are freaked. Asia’s been smashed. Europe is in the toilet. And the US recovered from an early morning swan dive thanks to the Fed’s 75 bp easing, yet the credit markets aren’t exactly buying it (I mean, has anything really changed in the wake of more accomodative Fed policy except to telegraph their deep concern over the state of the economy?). In short, the “deep crap” scenario I’ve w…
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some good lessons from Kirk’s readers…
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some good lessons from Kirk’s readers…
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nice charts of the intraday action today…
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Gone is the notion that red-hot markets in China and India can keep the global economy from cooling. Next, expect some bear rallies, but don’t be fooled by them….
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In today’s WSJ, I write about the end of an era at a small family-run pub and country store in Garrison, N.Y. The spot, named Guinan’s, after its owners, survived nearly 50 years under three generations. (I wrote a book about it.) Now, without a Guinan to run it full-time, the joint will close on Jan. 31.
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Bloggers’ responses to a wild day for investors ranged from pre-market anxiety and later gripes about the Fed’s rate cut to appraisals of the uncertain economy…
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Chris Dillow : Belief in the wisdom of crowds is positively damaging.
The Economist : Desperate measures
Paul Krugman : P…
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Cuts fed funds by 75bp
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Some key moves now will help you avoid the worst of this year’s market. If the idea of selling low makes you cringe, think about how you’d feel when stocks dropped further….
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You put a PCAN ad network on your blog or web page and when you write about a public company, Alacra serves an ad featuring premium content related to that company….
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