Posted on September 29, 2008 by jeniferaalto
Here are some of the safest places to invest your money. But the price of safety may be low return.
Warren Buffett’s mentor, legendary investor Benjamin Graham, wrote that when challenged “to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety.” Those are wise words for all seasons, but [...]
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Posted on September 25, 2008 by jeniferaalto
Bernanke warned that a recession might come if the bailout plan did not pass. And as much as I like the idea of the government bailout of Wall Street — I hate government interference in the free markets, and bailouts can encourage more bad behaviour. It is hard to get a good understanding of the [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2008 by jeniferaalto
With much of Wall Street and Washington in panic mode, investors and consumers might feel like they should be on the move, too. But what to do: Buy? Sell? Stuff the mattress? Head for the hills?
Maybe just digest. There’s a lot to swallow, coming off a weekend that saw the nation’s housing-mortgage-credit crunch roll over [...]
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