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Financial Advisor December 2008 Eric Uhlfelder |
Where Are We Headed? This year will be remembered as one of the worst investors have ever known. Extreme caution is required before moving back into the markets in 2009.  |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Top 10 Things I'd Like to See in 2009 A tongue-in-cheek list of ten business and economy related things one analyst would like to see happen in 2009.  |
CFO January 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
And Now for the Good News... Here are ten bright spots to savor amid the economic gloom.  |
CFO January 1, 2009 Scott Leibs |
The Year That Was A look back at the lows and ultra-lows of an all-too-historic year.  |
CFO January 1, 2009 Janet Kersnar |
Driving a Hard Bargain European consumers are increasingly in the driver's seat, but will they step on the gas?  |
BusinessWeek December 31, 2008 James Cooper |
Behind the Bad Economic News, Signs of Life Amid the coming wave of depressing data on the U.S. economy are some reasons for hope in the second half of 2009.  |
BusinessWeek December 31, 2008 Peter Coy |
Worst Predictions About 2008 Just about everybody got wrong-footed by 2008, but some forecasts were spectacularly off the mark. In no particular order, here are 10 of the worst predictions.  |
BusinessWeek December 31, 2008 Pete Engardio |
Tempers Rise Over Trade With China U.S. trade hawks are putting the heat on Barack Obama to get tough with China about import dumping.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Toby Shute |
My Stupidest Calls of 2008 A look back at an active year in CAPS.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Christopher Barker |
Gold Will Be Fine in 2009 Gold may shine brighter still in the year ahead.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Best News of 2008 The past year wasn't all doom and gloom.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
3 Last-Chance Opportunities for 2009 These windows of opportunity will close by the end of the year.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Katrina Chan |
Reviewing 2008, Predicting 2009 The Fool looks back at the year that was, and ahead to the year to be.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Toby Shute |
Investing Lessons of 2008: Use Protection Three ways to limit your downside in overheated markets.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 |
Today's 5-Star Movers Maybe what glitters really is gold.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Investing Lessons of 2008: Trust, but Verify It all seems so obvious in hindsight.  |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Tom Gardner |
Why Now Is Not the Time to Sell Here's how you can win big after losing.  |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Andy Louis-Charles |
The Biggest Hope for Our Economy The biggest hope for our economy is education. To climb out of the mountain of debt that we, as a nation, have accumulated over the past decade, we are going to have to educate ourselves and our children to save.  |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
2008: The Year of Moral Hazard Rewarding massive failure imperils us all. Our economic freedom is seriously endangered by current policies that prop up failing, mistake-ridden companies and industries.  |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2008 Rich Duprey |
There's No Bailout in Store for Retailers Can we spend our way out of this recession? Retailers seem to think so and they've got a bailout plan for their industry that seeks to do just that.  |
InternetNews December 24, 2008 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Can Stocks End the Year on a High Note? The lack of follow-through selling means stocks could still put together a year-end rally.  |
The Motley Fool December 24, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Foreclosures Picking Up Steam Despite efforts to slow the foreclosure rate, a new report indicates it's increasing.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 John Rosevear |
You Can Make Money in Any Market Somebody is making money. They've learned to use tools and strategies we haven't. ProShares have created families of short ETFs -- investments that go up when the indices they track go down.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Does Increased Activity Signal a Housing Recovery? While increased mortgage traffic is largely tied to refinancings, it could represent a positive for housing.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 Anders Bylund |
The Tale of an Extinct Business Model A business model that never existed before this decade kills off the music industry at large.  |
AskMen.com Scott Carter |
Balance Saving & Investing The chaotic events of the last six months of 2008 would make even the most daring bull investor cower under his desk in fear.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Outlook 2009 The long-term outlook is brighter than the current vista. Markets have always turned up after downturns and there's no reason to think this pattern will end.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Israelsen & Considine |
Seeing Risk Ahead Having the ability to estimate risk potential when pursuing an investment opportunity is an extremely valuable decision-making tool.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Allan S Roth |
Bear Markets Compared Let's compare and contrast the last two bear markets: the current one and the bear of 2000 to 2002.  |
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Milton Ezrati |
With the U.S. in Turmoil, Mexico Doesn't Follow Suit Mexico is less vulnerable to changes in the U.S. economy than it once was, and has proven more resilient than many had expected.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Winning Stocks for a Challenging Year With these, you might win even if most stocks lose in 2009.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Sorry, You Won't Earn 10% But you can beat the market.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Why Obama's Scared of a Trillion-Dollar Stimulus Package Rather than come out swinging with a trillion-dollar stimulus that might push international confidence in the dollar to a tipping point, President-elect Obama keeps the plan at $775 billion.  |
InternetNews December 19, 2008 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Hang On The stock market is forming some bullish patterns here, but it needs to make some progress soon.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Robert Brokamp |
Interview With Vanguard Founder John Bogle A video interview with John Bogle discussing the current economy, and what he thinks the future holds in store.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Robert Brokamp |
Jack Bogle on Minsky Meltdowns and Future Stock Returns A short interview with John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, who looks at what the market will bring in a decade's time.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Anders Bylund |
The Market Is a Cheap Hotel Shower Like a cheap hotel shower, every action in the market these days has an opposite and usually massive overreaction.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Christopher Barker |
What the Crashing Dollar Means for You From rally to retreat, the dollar's value worldwide is falling again.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Can a Magazine Be an Economic Crystal Ball? What we can learn from magazines -- without reading them.  |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2008 James Cooper |
The Fed: Dodging Deflation Forsaking interest-rate targets, the Fed is focusing on cutting borrowing costs and kick-starting demand  |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2008 Stanley Reed |
OPEC Loses Its Muscle Despite its bluster about cutting production, the cartel has been unable to marshal its members to halt oil's sliding price  |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2008 Amy Feldman |
Bleeder's Digest Michael Lewis' anthology of boom-and-bust writing examines two decades' worth of market crashes  |
InternetNews December 18, 2008 Paul Shread |
Solid Tech Earnings Cap Tough Day for Stocks Results from Oracle and Research In Motion suggest the world isn't coming to an end just yet.  |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2008 Henry & Goldstein |
The Fed's Risky Back-Door Bailouts As part of its effort to prop up the markets, the Fed is giving billions to banks -- and putting taxpayers at risk  |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2008 Bruce Einhorn |
Chipmakers on the Edge Awash in inventory, global companies are in deep trouble -- and some are seeking bailouts  |
Registered Rep. December 16, 2008 Bill Singer |
Have Arthur Levitt's Words Come Back to Haunt Him? On the heels of the recent lurid discoveries about Bernard Madoff's multi-billion-dollar fraud, former SEC Chair Arthur Levitt is quoted in the article as saying: "At this point, I don't see any evidence that the SEC dropped the ball."  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 |
Market Watch For November 2008: Material Demand Only three commodities are up in price in November as many others continue to fall.  |
Bank Systems & Technology December 10, 2008 |
U.S. Lawmakers Rap Treasury on Bailout Plan, Threaten to Withhold Cash U.S. lawmakers threaten to withhold the remaining half of the $700 billion of financial bailout cash unless Treasury Department officials do more to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and push banks to extend more credit to consumers.  |
Bank Systems & Technology December 8, 2008 |
Reuters Summit-U.S. Recession Not Close to 1930s--NBER The head of the arbiter of U.S. economic cycles said on Monday that the U.S. recession will not come even close to the 1930s Great Depression.  |
HRO Today November 2008 Monica Barron |
Why Is There So Much Bad Press for HRO? A few high-profile terminations may grab the headlines, but HRO remains fundamentally sound and is here to stay.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Olivier Blanchard |
Cracks in the System The Economic Counsellor and Chief Economist of the IMF discusses what he thinks is needed to repair the damaged global economy.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Noel Sacasa |
Preventing Future Crises The financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in the current regulatory and supervisory frameworks and made it clear that we are in need of regulatory reform.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Mohamed A. El-Erian |
A Crisis to Remember The current crisis is a defining moment for the global financial system and, by implication, for relationships between countries.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Charles Collyns |
The Crisis through the Lens of History The current financial crisis is ferocious, but looking at history shows the way to avoid another Great Depression.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Ingves & Lind |
Stockholm Solutions A crucial lesson from the Nordic experience is the need for prominent state involvement in crisis resolution.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Kang & Syed |
The Road to Recovery A View from Japan In Japan, new strategy for addressing both liquidity and solvency issues is needed.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Archana Kumar |
The Catch-Up Game An interview with Michael Spence and Mahmoud Mohieldin: An academic and a policymaker share insights on what makes countries grow, in good times and bad.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Claessens et al. |
When Crises Collide Recessions accompanied by credit crunches or asset price busts are deeper and longer lasting.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Kang & Miniane |
Global Financial Turmoil Tests Asia As the global financial crisis spreads, how will Asia weather the storm?  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Paolo Mauro |
From Visionary to Innovator Robert J. Shiller has often been described as a visionary. In recent years his vision of new financial markets has started to become a reality.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Ramirez-Djumena & Rodriguez |
The Ingredients of Sustained High Growth Since 1950, 13 economies have managed to grow at an average rate of 7 percent or more for at least 25 years in a row. How did they do it? And, more important, can such high growth be repeated in other countries on a sustained basis?  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Tim Callen |
What Is Gross Domestic Product? Economists use many acronyms. One of the most common is GDP, which stands for gross domestic product. A concise explanation of GDP.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 |
Saudi Arabia Graphs showing the economic progress of Saudi Arabia.  |
FAO Today Sep/Oct 2008 Rachael Stormonth |
Procurement BPO Takes Off Will the procurement outsourcing market begin to pick up speed in 2009? All the signs say yes.  |
Global Services December 7, 2008 Neeraja Kandala |
Global Legal-Services Market: Crisis Creates New opportunities Offshore legal services industry has been reporting over 40 percent growth annually and we can expect an even higher than average growth over the next two years.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Vincent Ryan |
Future Tense The financial crisis obliterated corporate forecasts. Now, CFOs struggle to assess what lies ahead.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 S.L. Mintz |
What Goes Down Will Come Up Fossil-fuel betas put energy risk in its place.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Scott Leibs |
Consumers Concede With everyone spending less, at least for now, CFOs are pressed to find ways to cope with uncertainty.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Alix Stuart |
Subprime Suspects Just about everyone, it seems, is being held to blame for the financial meltdown. But what role auditors played, if any, is far from clear.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Alix Stuart |
Unhappy Holidays Prospects for the season's sales volumes are anything but jolly.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Cold Cuts CFOs plan to pare payrolls by any and all means available to them.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Robert Hertzberg |
Month In, Month Out Capital deprivation may make more companies turn to leasing for their IT equipment needs.  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Josh Hyatt |
And in This Corner, the Price-Fighter While it's tempting to cut prices during tough economic times, a better approach may be to introduce a "fighter brand."  |
CFO December 1, 2008 Edward Teach |
"Every Crisis Begins with a Shock" Panic then and now -- the enduring legacy of 1907.  |
Global Services December 1, 2008 Nishant Verma |
Average M&A Size Continues to Plunge Further In Oct. '08, firms slated over 54 acquisitions for a total deal value of over $1.63 billion as against 59 transactions making up for $2.1 billion in the previous month.  |
Computing Unplugged November 2008 David Gewirtz |
How to stay in business in 2009 (and some new site features) The economy is freaking everyone out. We're all feeling it.  |
Reason December 2008 Matt Welch |
Back to the Barricades Free markets are under attack again.  |
U.S. Banker December 2008 John Engen |
When Boom Goes Bust The subprime crisis, credit squeeze, housing slump and resulting economic fallout has played out with particular vigor in Las Vegas.  |
U.S. Banker December 2008 |
Hank's Group Think The Troubled Asset Relief Program was supposed to purchase toxic securities from banks to stabilize their finances. But in short order, given the difficulty valuing those assets, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and company switched gears and chose to take equity stakes in big banks.  |
MyBusiness Dec 2008/Jan 2009 Bill Dunkelberg |
Leading Indicators Practice sensible business management as your business braces for a slowdown.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 David E. Adler |
Vultures Circling Instead of a bear market, the developing investment environment could be characterized as a vulture market. But at the moment the vultures are circling, but not swooping.  |
Wired Daniel Roth |
Back to the Garage: How Economic Turmoil Breeds Innovation The benefit of a global money drought is that competition tends to vaporize. And for some in technology the stress of tough times has an amazing way of concentrating the mind on the way forward.  |
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