 Why did the US$ drop in value last June 29? |
| After the interest rate adjustment last June 29, what caused its value to go down (as compared with the GBP, Euro, CHF and JPY)? I had the idea it would go up against the European currencies.... |
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 I'm 23. Would it be a good idea to invest in the stock market? |
| Since stock prices are going so low, and I'm SURE they'll go up again before I retire, would it be a good idea to take a little money (maybe $500) and throw it into a mutual fund or ... |
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 When i should in invest in Stock Market !!? |
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I am student and i have learned stock basics and i want to do the practical. I have some money to start. But is it good if i start investing in my college life ?... |
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 Immidietly answer pls.? |
| will some one give me the cues abt trades from inner side of the stock exchange that wich will are rising and which will are not today. indian may reply me pls.... |
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 Stock market Q's? |
| If you had $10,000 to invest 5 years ago who would you invest in? and If you had $10,000 to invest today, would you invest in Home Depot stock?... |
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 401K question? |
| My company is no longer going to match my contribution..they're not contributing anything. Do I benefit more by leaving it with my company, or moving it to an IRA account, or.....well, you tell ... |
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 What can I do to maximise my £500? |
| I have £500 and 1 month before I have to give it back. How can I make it "work" for me in the meantime? Want to make as much from it as I can.... (and I dont gamble)... |
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| Which is the best online trading portal for shares? |
| which is the best online trading portal for shares? i have been using icici. but it charges high brokerage. which is the best combination of good service, facilities and low bokerage?? plz help if ... |
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 What is a best way to invest a large chunk of money? |
| i dont want to invest it in stocks or savings accounts or nething but i have some money and i want to use it to start making more money without working......wats the best way to invest a large chunk ... |
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 Stock for Baby's Xmas? |
| I have an idea for a Christmas present for my newborn nephew, but I am not sure how to execute it. I'd like to start his investment porfolio by buying him a single share of stock. (I'm a ... |
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 What is mutual fund? Is it good for investment...? |
| please tell me in detail what are its advantages and disadvantages and who's mutual fund is best whether its tata, reliance, sbi or any other........ |
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 I want to get started investing but do not have a lot of money to get started. Any suggestions? |
| I have been looking at Share Builder with ING Direct but do not know anyone that has invested with them. Does anyone have experience investing with them?... |
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 What is the difference between 'bear' and 'bull' markets? |
| There's a lot of talk today about the FTSE 100 being dragged into a 'bear' market. Can someone tell me what that means, and how it is different from a 'bull' market? How did ... |
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 Stock market? |
| does someone what to explain it to me? i'm planning on investing $800 a month into it, but i'm not quite sure how it works yet or anything haha. all i know is to buy when everyone sells, ... |
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cody c | What does the stock market crash mean in laymonds terms? |
what does the stock market crash mean in laymonds terms? hypothetically if the stock market in america went from where it is at now which is around 9000 points, and plunged to 6000 or even to zero, what does that REALLY mean? would a candy bar cost like 20 dollars? would we go into chaos, or would everything kind of stay normal? is this the end of days? haha just kidding. but really? what does this mean? thanks.. |
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Right now all of the turmoil is caused by companies having a hard time barrowing money and investors are panicing and selling their stocks. If the market were to crash to 0 that would mean bankruptcy of all the companies. Fear not, this is not going to happen. I think we will see the averages fall a bit more and then things will slowly return to normal. Too many people out there will be interested in getting bargain stocks, the market will return in time. |
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Eric, RI
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The stock market will go to zero if everyone decides that they want to be subsistence farmers or if we all decide we only want to buy things from local family businesses.
I do not believe that will happen.
Stocks have value because corporations are expected to pay dividends from their profits to shareholders or they are expected to buy back the shares.
Also shareholders elect the management. |
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chainbart
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I say the stock market has been over valued with paper instead cash since the early 1990's
whats going on now is a giant correction with values on paper being wiped out and corporations being valued with real cash
I say there is a silver lining over this, the corporations that produce and make a good product that everybody needs and wants will come out stronger, and the corporations that can't produce will go outta business, only the strong will survive |
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GoldenPanda
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Obviously you are young and that is a very good thing. The world has righted itself and is still adjusting a bit, but it will be all right.
If you want a candy bar and it is $50 then go online and figure out how to make one cheap and get all those hungry kids to buy or sell it for you.
Take that money you make and invest it cheap into companies who have $500mil or more into their companies and over the next 20 years you will make many millions of $'s.
Boy, do I wish I was you, it is going to be fun. |
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saharaaj
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some fat cats have lost money in gamble |
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MusicMaker
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I thought there was DEflation during the Great Depression after the 1929 stock market collapse? So few people had any money or jobs that spending was almost nill.. Suppliers and merchants had to lower their prices to even make a sale.. Isn't that Deflation? I know there were massive lay-offs because a lot of the business couldn't afford payroll or went out of business entirely.. Unemployment was something like 25% back then.. If I remember right, the market lost something like 12% initially and then over the course of two years during the "Great Depression" stocks ended up loosing an average of nearly 90% if I remember reading that correctly..
HOPEFULLY, that won't happen now.. I don't know what it means with the world's markets all going down at once though to such an extent. I don't think that's ever happened before? Hopefully, things can turn around somewhat or at least not get too much worse...
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Jennifer
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First off, it's "layman", as in lay-man, ie, every man's terms.
Second, yes, runaway inflation would mean that dollar could become valueless. That is exactly what happened in the crash of 1929. The stock market lost almost all its value in about a week. Companies that were perfectly health, excellent value with fine assets, went under because everyone was scared to death to loan money. So unemployment went up, which means the dollar continued to lose money, etc etc etc. A candybar went from 5 cents to 25 cents - but if you made 10 dollars a week and it dropped to 2 dollars a week, that is far worse than your candy bar costing $20 today. It was chaos. For many people around the world it was the end of days. And it remained that way for 12 YEARS, until WWII.
It's not 1929, and we have a far greater understanding of financial markets today than they did back then, but the fact is, nothing, not even WWII, was more devastating to the country than the financial collapse of 1929. Maybe the civil war. Maybe. |
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