Archive for October, 2007
Weak Correlation: Another Reason to Have Global REIT
The other day I read a paper on the October issue of Financial Planning magazine. The article, Think Globally by Bruce Eidelson, discussed the appeals of global REIT (real estate investment trust) to investors who seek diversifications and steady income streams, when the US real estate market struggles. One of the reasons to go global [...]
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Getting Ready for Alibaba’s Big IPO
The first time I heard that Alibaba.com was planning for an initial share sale this year was in 2005 when Baidu.com went public. Since then, I have been following news about Alibaba.com’s initial public offering with a lot of interests because I knew I want a piece of it (maybe I should have bought some [...]
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Posts I Enjoyed Last Week
Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life asked why we worked so hard in terms of the number of working hours comparing to other developed countries. Is it for money?
Jeremy at Generation X Finance answered a reader question on how to evaluate the progress of your investments.
Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money has a [...]
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Video: Reuters Business Recap for the Week of October 15, 2007
What a week!
The US stock markets headed nowhere but south as worries of a recession returned to the street. The earning season kicked into high gear last week, however the early reporters did bring investors much to cheer about. Big banks, including Citibank, Bank of America, and Wachovia, wrote down billions of dollars of [...]
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What an Anniversary Gift
The stock markets celebrated the 20th anniversary of Black Monday by sinking some 366 points of the Dow. Not exactly on the same scale percentage wise, but not too far away point wise from the worst one-day decline in the stock market history 20 years ago.
The 508 points drop of the Dow on October 19, [...]
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