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Buys for a Buoyant Economy

I expect positive employment numbers to touch off consumer spending, home buying and automobile demand.
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Long and Strong

”People ask why I’m a long-term investor. I’m not against making money in the short term. I just don’t know how to do it.”
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Embrace The Malaise

Own conservative stocks that pay rising dividends. PetSmart, Aaron’s and Family Dollar all qualify.
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A Grateful Dead Year

2009 was a textbook case of how stock markets are supposed to react to big bear markets and recessions.
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Stocks falter at the end of an up year

Stocks slumped Thursday in a thinly-traded session on the last day of 2009 as investors mulled a better-than-expected report on initial jobless claims at the end of a big year on Wall Street.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/F4lMuyQrh38″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Lending to the Government

The corporate and municipal bond markets are not hospitable places for small investors to trade.
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Wall Street ends year in red

US stocks ended the day – and the decade – in the red after encouraging jobs data renewed concerns over interest rate hikes next year
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Wall Street looked set to end the day and the decade in the red after encouraging jobs data renewed concerns over interest rate hikes next year
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Wall Street ends year in the red

US stocks ended the day – and the decade – in the red after encouraging jobs data renewed concerns over interest rate hikes next year
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Wal-Mart 401(k) Pays Retail

Wal-Mart is famous for squeezing suppliers. But in a telling sign of what’s wrong with many 401(k) plans, it took a lawsuit to make it equally exacting with its employees’ retirement savings.
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The Fixed-Income Fix

Bond pricing is opaque. Brokers like it that way. Here’s how to get a good deal when you buy and sell.
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ATT breaks ties with Tiger Woods

ATT dropped its sponsorship of Tiger Woods following weeks of allegations of the golf star’s marital infidelity
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Chinese Real Estate Bargain

E-House Holdings Ltd.; NCI Building Systems; Westport Innovations.
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Stocks slip on last day of 2009

Stocks slipped Thursday afternoon in a thinly-traded session on the last day of 2009 as investors mulled a better-than-expected report on initial jobless claims at the end of a big year on Wall Street.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/F4lMuyQrh38″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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New and improved mortgage forms

Starting Jan. 1, new rules go into effect that simplify and clarify exactly what mortgage lenders will charge for a loan.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/MijudvhdeSM” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Treasurys fall on jobless claims drop

Treasury prices fell Thursday after a government report showed that initial jobless claims dropped more than expected last week, signaling a stronger economy and dimming the appeal of bonds as safe havens for investors.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/IMWnYpkm3O4″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Farewell to an ugly decade

Call the last 10 years whatever you want: the Naughty Aughties, the Awful Aughts or the Zilches are all appropriate. If you are an investor, you’re probably thankful the decade is over and are longing for better times ahead in the Teens.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/oN2UpxrNiW8″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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UN pulls back staff in Pakistan

The United Nations will withdraw some of its expatriate staff from Pakistan while relocating others within the country because of fears for their safety after Taliban attacks and the risk of possible hostage-taking
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Republican Rigidity

Why health care reform and tax laws are suffering.
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India delays mobile number portability

India has a last-minute change of heart over boosting competition in its telecoms sector from the start of the New Year by delaying the introduction of mobile number portability for at least three months
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Wall Street struggled to end the decade on a positive note after encouraging jobs data renewed concerns over interest rate hikes next year
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Tax showdown ahead on health reform

Democrats in the House and Senate are on the same page when it comes to health reform. They want it.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/vP7rbnORlCM” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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US investigates security flaws

President Barack Obama will receive a preliminary report from intelligence agencies on how a would-be terrorist was able to slip through terrorism databases and board a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day, as his administration tries to avoid repeat attacks
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Housing In 2010

Christopher Hyzy, Paul Maidment, Bernie McSherry and Carol Pepper discuss the housing sector’s outlook in 2010.
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Stocks seesaw on last day of 2009

Stocks churned in the final trading session of 2009 as investors mulled a better-than-expected report on initial jobless claims at the end of a year fueled by big market advances.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/F4lMuyQrh38″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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