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What is the “Bernanke Twist” and “Operation Twist”? What exactly does it do?
I was reading the article Bernanke’s Twist Sharpens Year-End Anxiety Over Stimulus and In the article it says
The Fed on June 20 extended its Operation Twist program to swap $267
billion in ...
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Which shareholders cause news-driven whole market stock swings?
Today the DJIA dropped 275 points and some media entities ascribed this to U.S. unemployment figures, also released today, particularly amid other ongoing news about European economic problems.
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Do paid investment newsletters/services offer a significant return on investment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are Investment Research websites worth their premiums?
Do paid investment newsletters/services offer a significant return on investment?
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What kinds of information do financial workers typically check on a daily basis?
I was recently offered a job doing statistical analysis and scientific computing for a financial firm. During the interview process, sometimes I was asked questions like "where is the Dow at today?"
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Where do short-term traders look for the earliest stock related news?
While I'm no short term trader (or even a day trader), I imagine it is of high importance to these people that they hear about significant stock related news as early as possible. This would allow ...
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What is the “payroll tax cut” as mentioned in the news recently?
Today I was watching news and I heard about a "payroll tax cut." They were talking about a 2 month extension of something being passed, but they wanted to pass a 1 year extension.
Can someone please ...
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Do you micro-manage index fund purchases to a particular day of the month?
I have setup automatic withdrawal with my brokerage to purchase shares of an S&P500 Index fund the 8th of every month. When I first caught wind of the USA credit downgrade Saturday morning, I ...
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Why so much noise about USA's credit rating being lowered?
S&P lowered USA's credit rating from AAA (cool) to AA+ (a bit less cool). Suddenly, I hear about it everywhere: shares prices are down, oil prices change, news digests say "the new financial ...
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Why does a stock's price fluctuate so often, even when fresh news isn't available?
I get it that the price of a stock goes up and down as fresh news is released, positive or negative.
However, fresh news is released only at certain times while the price of a stock changes (by ...
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Good iPad apps for business, financial, & market news & company/stock information?
I just bought myself a new Apple iPad. What apps exist for the iPad that can help somebody keep up-to-date on business, financial, and market news, including specific company or stock information?
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Are quarterly earnings released first via a press release on the investor website, via conference call, or does it vary by company?
Are quarterly earnings released first via a press release on the investor website, via conference call, or does it vary by company?
