Posts Tagged ‘economic’

The worst performed the best in this bull market

The daredevils are winning big this year. Investors who bought the riskiest stocks when the economic recovery was in doubt this year are clocking the biggest gains. Among them: stocks from companies at risk of defaulting on their debt, ones already priced high and those that other investors bet would drop fast. Read the rest of this entry »

Glum Fed Report Weighs on Stocks

A gloomy economic assessment from the Federal Reserve added more doubts to the fragile... Read the rest of this entry »

2-4-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com

Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Stocks sink as unexpected rise in jobless claims raise and amid concerns about the economic recovery Stocks are down sharply as concerns about unemployment are overshadowing a jump in factory orders. The Labor Department’s report Thursday of an unexpected increase in first-time claims for unemployment is reminding investors that the economic recovery will be difficult. Read the rest of this entry »

SCHMIDT’S GOLD THOUGHTS (19 January 2010): (Ned Schmidt Gold Thoughts)

In the 1930s, as the world was deep in economic depression, Keynes put forth some ideas on remedying the situation. Before any determination of the effectiveness of those proposals, the Third Reich invaded Poland. With that 1939 event, the second world war was born. While world war did not improve the economic conditions of the world, it did put a lot of people to work. Read the rest of this entry »