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Strong 3.2% GDP Growth in Q1 Creates Confusion for Bulls and Bears Alike

Posted: April 26, 2019 at 10:15 am

The economy is running much hotter than economists, investors and Federal Reserve officials would have guessed. Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose by an annualized rate of 3.2% during the ...
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Why There Is Too Much Emphasis on Recession and the Inverted Yield Curve in 2019

Posted: April 15, 2019 at 10:25 am

Get ready, because the recession is coming. The only problem is that the "when that will be" probably is not as soon as many financial media reports might have you ...
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Citi Buys Over $6 Billion in UK ‘Bad Bank Loans’ From Financial Crisis Era

Posted: April 2, 2019 at 11:35 am

Most of the outstanding bad loans and problem mortgages from the financial crisis era have matured, been wiped out or been purchased over the past decade. The Great Recession was ...
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As Recession Fears Grow, 15 Stocks to Survive a Stock Market Correction

Posted: March 22, 2019 at 1:45 pm

Friday brought on major selling in the stock market, with the Dow Jones industrials down over 400 points and the S&P 500 down almost 50 points earlier in the ...
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Bull Market Celebrates 10 Years, Up 300%

Posted: March 4, 2019 at 6:15 am

The Dow Jones industrial average hit 6,443.27 on March 9, 2009. It had lost 54% of its value from October 9, 2007, which was the previous high, crippled by the ...
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Three-Quarters of Economists Expect Recession by 2021

Posted: February 25, 2019 at 8:15 am

A new survey by the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) reveals that three-fourths of the NABE's policy panel expect the U.S. economy to go into recession by the end ...
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New Advice on How Companies Should Ready for Recession

Posted: February 16, 2019 at 8:15 am

Consulting and accounting firm Deloitte has gotten out in front of how a new recession will hit companies. Additionally, it has offered advice about what companies should do over the ...
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Half of CFOs Expect US Recession in 2019

Posted: December 13, 2018 at 9:55 am

Nearly half of U.S. chief financial officers (CFOs) (48.6%) expect the U.S. economy to fall into a recession by the end of 2019. Even more (82%) believe that a U.S. ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: December 10, 2018 at 4:58 am

Car executive Carlos Ghosn finally has been charged. According to Reuters: Tokyo prosecutors officially charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn on Monday for under-reporting his income and extended his ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 5:00 am

T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) said its transaction to buy Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) may be finished in a few months. According to Reuters: T-Mobile US Inc could close its ...
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Avoiding the Next Crash: 10 Alternative Investments Outside of Stocks, Bonds, ETFs and Mutual Funds

Posted: September 19, 2018 at 7:35 am

It may seem hard to imagine that it has been 10 years since the United States was in the grips of the financial crisis. The crisis is over and the ...
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New York Fed Sees $2.5 Billion Profit on Bear Stearns in Final Maiden Lane Sales

Posted: September 18, 2018 at 12:05 pm

The financial crisis and the Great Recession of a decade ago brought on some very positive and some very questionable outcomes after considering the banking bailouts. Some people wanted the ...
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How Financial Market Vocabulary and Lingo Have Changed Since the Financial Crisis

Posted: September 17, 2018 at 12:35 pm

It is without argument that the financial crisis changed America. It also changed the world's economic landscape. It has now been about 10 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers ...
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10 Years Later, Many Deep Scars From the Financial Crisis Remain

Posted: September 16, 2018 at 7:30 am

It has been about 10 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and since the forced buyout of Bear Stearns. The financial crisis turned into the Great Recession, and many ...
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When the Current Bull Market Ends, How Big Will the Sell-Off Be?

Posted: August 22, 2018 at 6:50 am

The current bull market is 3,453 days old, which is a record. It will end, but when? And how bad will the sell-off be? The market improvement could come to ...
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