Were the 2008 Bailouts Smart Investments?

Jan 28, 11 Were the 2008 Bailouts Smart Investments?

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Recently, we’ve noticed that many news outlets have been touting the success of the bank bailouts (Bloomberg). In particular, they’ve been citing the cash returns the U.S. Government has achieved from these capital injections. It made us wonder if the 2008 bailouts were actually just a series of smart investments, so we...

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How Bloggers Beat Wall Street

Jan 20, 11 How Bloggers Beat Wall Street

Posted by in Investing 101

Wednesday was a great day. The so-called “amateurs” beat Wall Street’s finest by correctly predicting Apple’s (AAPL) reported earnings for their most recent quarter. And people are starting to take notice. In a CNN Money list of the best (and worst) Apple earnings predictions, the bottom 20 spots (out of...

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Want to Be a Great Investor? Become 50 Cent or Die Tryin’

Jan 13, 11 Want to Be a Great Investor? Become 50 Cent or Die Tryin’

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Recently, there has been a lot of furor around 50 Cent’s tweet that rocketed one of his investments from a measly market cap of $21 million to a much more substantial $71 million – a return of almost 240%. Many investors can only dream of achieving returns of that magnitude by typing less than 140 characters. But, for...

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If Facebook is Worth $50B, Apple is Worth $1.4T

Jan 06, 11 If Facebook is Worth $50B, Apple is Worth $1.4T

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The recent news that Goldman Sachs has valued Facebook at $50 billion has been plastered everywhere and rightly so. Giving Facebook that valuation puts it amongst the likes of American Express (AXP), Kraft (KFT), and Boeing (BA). That’s a big deal for any company, let alone one that’s just over six years old and was...

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