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Hedge fund Sowood Capital told investors on Monday that it would shut down after losing half of its assets on soured bond market bets, becoming the first-high profile fund forced out of business by recent market turmoil.(tags: trading hedgefunds)
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The days of easy credit may be coming to an end. Over the past few weeks, a string of companies has delayed or canceled debt offerings, a sign that investors may be less interested in debt deals that don't adequately reward them for potential risk.
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Prime brokers are in business to make money, not make friends, and if this means pissing off some friends by tightening lending standards to protect current and prospective P&L, so be it.
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by Bernie Schaeffer, Brett N. Steenbarger, Van K. Tharp, and Linda Bradford Raschke...
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Do you spend more time studying key statistics than you do playing with your kids? Do you worry more about market cap than you do about your weight? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you have a problem…and so do we. Life Partners Ho(tags: stocks)
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Considering that we have yet to see a 10% SPX or Dow correction in this 5 year old Bull, what might actually cause that major dislocation? MarketWatch's in-house curmudgeon, Paul Farrell, gives us a menu to choose from:
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THis cross between a car & motorcycle is sweet. I must have one! :-)
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Anyone working on a web app — including entrepreneurs, designers, programmers, executives, or marketers — will find value, fresh perspectives, and inspiration in this practical book.
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Shares of American Home, which had not traded since Friday, sank $9.15, or 87.4 percent, to $1.32, after the announcement. They traded as high as $36.36 in December.
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This data release (May 2007) marks the 18th consecutive decline in growth, dating back to December 2005. Annual returns of the Case Shiller Composite now shows continued negative annual returns -- an annual decline rate of 3.4%.
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