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On the heals of recent negative job numbers reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, comes news that bankruptcy filings increased by 14 percent during the first half of 2010. Does this bode well for the economy or is this one of the signals of a recession coming back to haunt us? Unfortunately, as is always the case when it comes to finance and the economy, the answer is complicated. The most important... Read more→
Yahoo Buys Associated Content
CommentsIn addition to writing this blog for fun and profit, I am also a professional financial freelance writer, as well as a freelance technology writer, among other things. So it is not without some professional writing background that I read with shock the financial news that Yahoo is acquiring Associated Content for “slightly more than $100 million.” Ostensibly, Yahoo buying Associated Content... Read more→
Dow Jones Indexes publishes lot of averages and indexes. They are best known for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Down Jones Transportation Average. Personal financial planning on FinanceGourmet.com The Dow Jones Industrial Average is featured on most stock market news reports and makes an appearance on the nightly news. It is often referred to as just The Dow, or Dow Jones. The Dow Jones... Read more→
To hear many of the newspapers and other media outlets tell it, Google’s blowout third quarter is the official signal that the recession is over and that businesses are spending again, because customers are spending again, and everything is fine again. The logic goes something like this. Google is not only the largest search engine, but it is also the largest provider of Internet advertising,... Read more→
You’ll forgive me if I don’t give a flying leap about whether or not Abby Joseph Cohen things the recession is over. The Goldman Sachs perma-bull was famous for being “right” about the ever rising stock market of the 1990s. Too bad she has never been right about a single declining stock market. Imagine you had a warning light that would light up red whenever the market... Read more→
