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Is Our Debt Higher Than the Value of All Stocks? (By the Numbers)


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Published Sept. 10, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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The following short financial quiz won’t save you any money, tell you whether you’re sufficiently insured or show you how to reallocate your assets. Just so you know ... Simply guess which of the choices costs more, then read on for the analysis ... Buying all of America’s stocks or paying off its government debt? ... The U.S. Treasury operates TreasuryDirect.org, a site that allows individual investors to buy U.S. government bills, notes and bonds ... On the site is a handy “Debt to the

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Friday Dip Still Leaves Most ETFs Up for Week (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)


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Published Sept. 10, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Market Wrap-Up ... Stocks ended a five-day upswing with small declines Friday, but major indexes still posted their best weekly gains since July. Most exchange-traded funds ended the week on the positive side ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 22 at 9605. The Dow also closed at 9605 on Sept. 10, 2001—the day before the terror attacks eight years ago. The Nasdaq closed down 3 at 2081, and the S&P 500 was down 1 at 1043 ... That was still a 1.5% gain for the week, which boosted

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GM considers 4 options for Germany-based Opel unit (AP)


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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 11:24 p.m.

The new General Motors Co. board apparently has decided what to do with its troubled German-based Opel unit, but nothing will be made public until German government officials and Opel's board are notified early Thursday, a person familiar with the situation said ...

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Afternoon Pickup Boosts ETFs, Stocks (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)


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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Market Wrap-Up ... Stocks solidified afternoon gains Thursday after a slow start to trading ... Most exchange-traded funds climbed or stayed put as investors digested President Obama's national health-care address and a better-than-expected report on new jobless claims ... Major indexes saw little early movement, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 80 points at 9627. The Nasdaq rose 24 to 2084, and the S&P 500 added 11 points to close at 1044 ... Initial jobless claims declined

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Modest Expectations for Fall


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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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THE 2009 RALLY HAS REPAIRED SOME of the portfolio damage suffered in the stock-market crash. Repairing confidence, however, is a different matter. Though stocks rebounded as much as 52% in the past six months, even Wall Street's most faithful constituents don't expect that momentum to last ... As autumn arrives, the 10 top strategists and investment officers surveyed by Barron's say they expect the Standard & Poor's 500 to finish this year at an average of 1056 -- barely 4% above today's level

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Bullish Move in Cardinal Health: Options (TheStreet.com)


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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 8:50 p.m.

An investor is betting on the earnings power of Cardinal Health ...

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Which Teen Financial Products Make the Grade? (Deal of the Day)


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Published Sept. 8, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Financial literacy is one subject your child can’t afford to fail ... It’s also a subject that’s taken on new weight as the nation struggles to recover from a recession brought on by irresponsible investing and overzealous spending. Now, as American students return to school, financial education is starting to receive the kind of attention once reserved for reading, writing and arithmetic ... Yet most schools don’t require, or even offer, courses in personal finance today. In fact, the

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Beige Book Data Don't Sway ETFs, Stocks (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)


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Published Sept. 8, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Market Wrap-Up ... Stocks and many exchange-traded funds recorded modest gains Wednesday after the release of the Beige Book, a regional economic report released this afternoon by the Federal Reserve. The report showed a mix of positive and lagging indications that the economy is faring better but healing slowly ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average tacked on 50 points to close at 9547. The Nasdaq climbed 23 to 2060. The S&P 500 rose 8 to close at 1033 ... Most ETFs saw little movement, though

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Stock Picks: VVUS Up, PALM Down (Market Movers)


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Published Sept. 8, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Biotech firm’s drug sheds pounds, delights investors ... Investors on Wednesday sought second and third helpings of Vivus (VVUS) shares after the biotech firm posted strong results in a pair of trials on its weight-loss drug. The stock soared 70% Wednesday morning after the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm said that trials of its obesity drug, Qnexa, yielded an average loss of 37 pounds in patients after 56 weeks of treatments ... Vivus’s President and CEO, Leland Wilson, said the company

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Metals and Crude Fuel ETF, Stock Rise (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)


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Published Sept. 7, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Market Wrap-Up ... Gold and energy prices surged on Tuesday on a mostly positive day for stocks and exchange-traded funds ... Stocks retained modest gains at the Tuesday afternoon close starting a holiday-shortened week with a dose of worldwide optimism spurred by a weekend global promise by G-20 finance ministers to ensure liquidity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 56 to 9497. The Nasdaq climbed 19 to 2038, and the S&P 500 picked up 9 at 1025 ... "The stock market is fine as long

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