- Thursday, September 8, 2011, 9:52
- Stock Market
U.S. stocks started lower Thursday after a report showed first-time applicants for jobless benefits climbed last week and U.S. trade gap shrank to $44.8 billion in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lately fell 11.50 points to 11,403.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index declined 2.39 points to 1,196.23. The ...
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- Friday, August 26, 2011, 21:03
- Stock Research
Here are some tips for trading ETFs in a wildly gyrating market.
Choose Carefully
Investors trying to gauge which ETFs are cheapest and easiest to trade need to keep two factors in mind: how frequently the stocks or bonds that make up the ETF trade, and how frequently the ETF itself trades.The ...
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- Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 21:30
- Stock Research
Economic factors include:
(a) economic policy, disseminated by government agencies and central banks,
(b) economic conditions, generally revealed through economic reports, and other economic indicators.
1. Economic policy comprises government fiscal policy (budget/spending practices) and monetary policy (the means by which a government's central bank influences the supply and "cost" of money, which ...
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