Now could be the best time to be of the opinion that cash is king. Just sayin'. This guy is hinting that the financial stock exchanges will be shut for a week or two until everything is sorted out. This...I do think that the thing of it is is this: don't panic, but be diversified financially, and look for opportunities now and be patient, very patient. Things will bounce back, they always do, eh? bye

Great Britain works. That's the bottom line. Socialized medicine in a lot of places works, actually. People say things like procedures take forever to have done, long waits, etc; actually talk to someone...care, modeled after Great Britain's system, specifically. Another important piece of progress for our nation would be to increase regulation in the financial markets. If we do these things, we win

With all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America this might be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware... 8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW! And finally... 9. Victoria 's Secret and Smith & Wesson will merge under the new name: TittyTittyBangBan

My target retirement portfolio has lost 23% of its value in the past 2 weeks, which if I was 60 years old I'd start to panic, but thankfully I have another 25+ years to worry about that. At least any shares...that starting next year when I have more leeway financially. I'll snag I bonds so they accrue above face value right away. Or, I can just get a much larger mattress and hide everything under there

            A European client recently shared an article from Britain recommending more due diligence before marriage.  Lucy Kellaway wrote in the Financial Times on May 18, 2008 that with one million...to factors or circumstances that existed on the date of marriage.             FOLLOW-UP  October 14, 2008: The Boston Globe reports declining financial markets are increasing marital stress.

Best fit straight lines (using least squares) on the Log10 graphs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500. The prices here are NOT inflation adjusted. DJIA, Best fit gradient equivalent to annual...probably being sold too cheaply, take a look at the VIX to see how recent falls (retractions in the breadth of the option price curve) have only been met with volatility reverting to it's higher levels

    Dollar gapped lower as the week starts and continued to be sold off on worsening in the financial crisis in US. Dollar opened sharply lower across the board on news that potential...set to Fall, Merrill Selling Itself § Fed announces broadened collateral at the PDCF and TSLF § Lehman Prepares Bankruptcy Papers as Barclays and Bank of America Walk Away      

Dow Jones with vertical Log scale. The blue plot is inflation adjusted before taking the log. A plot of incremental changes of the inflation adjusted line from above (Just for the heck of it) ...when plotting adjusted prices on a linear scale. Basically the prices are only corrected properly for the prices at the ends of the price series - Admittedly I could just use each year's inflation rate

Nassim Taleb tells the tale of irresponsible traders - including his smug 'rich' neighbour - who make their money selling far out options to people who they considered to be, well, idiots. "They just buy...wasn't contained to the occasional idiot trader, it occured at an institutional, national and international level. The fractal pattern recured at many scales. Expect to see failures at all levels

First what is Forex : The FOREX or Foreign Exchange souk is the principal economic advertise in the world, with a level of more than $1.5 trillion daily, trade in currencies....before low however. You may come across terms such as Double, Triple Tops, and Bottoms, which are all trend problem patterns. Head and shoulders patterns are also admired reversal patterns.