Archive for September, 2008
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Matt Humberto asked: I’m interested in “leveraged indexes” (ex., SSO) that imitate the general movement of the stock market with increased power. However, if the market plummets, I’m twice as in trouble as I’d normally be.
I know that predicting the market is a difficult if not impossible task, but are there any early “warning signs” to warn me of an upcoming recession?
Historically, how many times have corrections (10% drop in the market) turned into a true, full-blown recession (20% drop or more in the market)?
Thanks for your help!
Tags: Early Warning Signs, Impossible Task, Increased Power, Indexes, Market Thanks, Recession, Sso, Stock Market, Thanks For Your Help
Posted in Other - Business & Finance | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Miss Yahoo asked: I heard that the housing market being low in sales and with the forclousure market crashing, it is affecting investors so much that they are moving money out of equities (stocks) and investing more in safer investments. Thats why the stock market has been down so much in the past week.
How does this happen? I was reading about it, but I didn’t really understand. Are investors pulling out their stocks from big lenders? How exactly does it affect the stock market? I need help understanding it in normal terms that make sense.
Please advise, thank you!!
Tags: Equities Stocks, Housing Market, Investments, Investors, Lenders, Market Stock, Money, Stock Market
Posted in Investing | 8 Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
JAY asked: Hello, Im 19 years old and wanted to learn a little more about the stock market and how it works.
In the stock market right now and i see all these things that dont really understand, hoping that someone could tell me what all this means?
$ Last Trade – 27.87
Volume – 45,216,569
$ Change – 0.12
% Change – 0.43
Knowing all this can someone tell me what all this means and tell me if i did own this stock how much money i would have made?
Thanks in advance.
Tags: 19 Years, Hello, Hoping That Someone, How Much Money, Stock Market, Thanks In Advance
Posted in Investing | 6 Comments »
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Persephone85 asked:
My financial advisor advised me to move more of my investments into the bond market. He said that equities have been at all time highs, and the market is expected to correct itself sometimes between summer and this winter. However, I can’t find any articles on this expected correction. Anyone know more about this? Also, what are some good online news organization where I can read articles about the stock market?
Tags: All Time Highs, Bond Market, Financial Advisor, Investments, News Organization, Six Months, Stock Market
Posted in Investing | 9 Comments »
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
water_skipper asked:
How about a poll to predict the stock market? If these pollsters think they’re so smart that they can predict the outcome of the presidential election weeks in advance, why don’t they do something useful and have a poll to predict the stock market or something? I’d be curious to know what the stocks will be weeks in advance.
Tags: Poll, Pollsters, Presidential Election, Stock Market, Stocks
Posted in Polls & Surveys | 3 Comments »
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
NewToStocks asked:
Such as: Do foreclosure increases affect the stock market and in what ways? What happens when deeds recorded decrease? What happens to the stock market when median home prices go down? What happens when new construction permits decrease? This is of course referring to residential real estate, but what about commercial real estate? Thank you very much for your input.
Tags: Commercial Real Estate, Foreclosure, Median Home Prices, New Construction, Real Estate Market, Residential Real Estate, Stock Market
Posted in Investing | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
water_skipper asked:
What was the PE of the stock market before and after the stock market crash of 1929? What I’m really wondering, was that stock market really a “bubble” crashing?
Tags: Crash Of 1929, Market Crash Of 1929, Market Stock, Stock Market Crash, Stock Market Crash Of 1929
Posted in Economics | 1 Comment »