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The Breakdown: Markets
Netflix shares tumble
Oct 25, 2011
Netflix stock could use some mouth-to-mouth today. The company's shares fell more than 30 percent today, the first time they have been below $100 since the summer of 2009.
Sweet tooth -- traders buy commodities
by
Paddy Hirsch
Sep 26, 2011
Commodities priced jumped today, after prices fell to a ten-moth low last week. Sugar spun up to its highest price in more than a month. Aluminum rose, and coffee perked up, too.
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Why Banks Don't Listen to their Risk Managers
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 19, 2011
Woodbine Associates sent me an opinion piece this morning. It's a bit long, but it makes for interesting reading....
Glug glug glug - cash drains out of stocks
by
Paddy Hirsch
Sep 19, 2011
Money continues to flow out of the stock market. A report by Bloomberg News today cites research by the Investment Company Institute and EPFR...
Bernanke: nothing for now
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 8, 2011
The Fed Chairman said today that he "expects economic growth to improve slowly and inflation to ease":http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents...
The problem with Operation Twist
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 7, 2011
Or should I say, another problem. Operation Twist is designed to lower long term interest rates, in order to make it cheaper or consumers to borrow...
For public good, not for profit.
Europe: Nooobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition. Yet.
by
Heidi Moore
Sep 7, 2011
If you thought America's problems - four years into the financial crisis aftermath - were bad, it's particularly sobering to realize that Europe,...
Hedge funds taking a hammering
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 30, 2011
Some Americans may be feeling a hint of schadenfreude at the news that hedge funds are having a hard time of it in this market....
Tiffany earnings rise 33%
by
Paddy Hirsch
Aug 26, 2011
Strong international sales drove higher second quarter earnings from the high-end jeweler. That good news from Tiffany pushes The Marketplace Ind...
