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AX in Trouble?
It seems that American Express may be in some financial trouble of their own. American Express (AXP) might have been feeling left out of the government’s $700 billion financial bailout package. But now, as the company’s consumer credit qu...
Gas Prices are Down
I am happy to say that gas prices are way down. Gas prices where I am here in Northern Florida have actually dropped over a dollar in the last month. That is substantial no matter who you are. The prices are not as cheap as we would all like but with...
How Many Billions Again?
I have not gotten the exact details yet but I know that the 700 billion dollar loan grant thing was finally approved. From what I have been hearing however they have expanded this bill to include additional funding for more things. Again I have not g...
Fallout All Over the World?
It seems that our economic struggles are no effecting far more than just US citizens. After the bailout when unapproved yesterday and the dow jones plummeted stocks in Asia went down as well. When that happened stocks in Europe went down. Now we are ...
Where to Put My Money?
That is the question of all questions actually. Everyone wants to know the best place to put their money to get the best return. Truth is that I am not that great at deciding on the best places. I just invest my money in things that I think will be a...
Investing in Anything
I have found that it is not what you invest in that counts but who you invest in. What I mean is that it is not about the product as much as it is about the company and how they are setup. I invested some money awhile back in a product that I thought...
$10 Billion Sales
Well apparently Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was trying to raise some funds together recently. The managed to pull together $5 billion in a stock offering, twice the amount the firm originally was looking for. The reason for this was simple. They receive...
Investing in What?
I have been told by more people than I can count that the United States is not in any type of recession. The problem is that all of the evidence that I am seeing every day is very contradicting to that. It seems that we are very much in recession and...
700 Billion…Seriously?
The US government has proposed to create a 700-billion-dollar rescue fund. This fund will be used to buy back bad debt from ailing US banks and other financial institutions. The President is telling congress that he wants this thing endorsed right aw...
AIG Stocks on the Fall
After AIG announced that it would be needing some help to get the this so called “non-recession” stocks fell drastically. The US government extended an $85 billion lifeline of crippled insurer American International Group and it obviously...
Napster Being Bought by Best Buy
I just heard some very startling news today. Apparently, Napster, once the bane of the music industry’s existence, has just made the decision to allow retailer Best Buy to purchase it for $121 million. This unprecedented sale led to an 86 perce...
Attention Investors
Okay, if you are an investor pay attention because this is breaking news. Two of Wall Streets’ major investment giants have been broken down - and an insurance powerhouse is now barely hanging on. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) filed for b...
US Stocks on the Rise
I just read a press release that stated that US Stocks are on the rise as we speak. Apparently U.S. stocks climbed, adding to a rally across Europe and Asia, on speculation the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will stabilize the glob...
Is Fannie Mae in Trouble?
I just got word that Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mudd replaced three top managers at the mortgage-finance provider as the company struggles to convince investors it has enough capital to weather the housing slump. I don’t know if ...
