Results from Black Friday Weekend…

Early results from the Black Friday weekend, which begins one day after U.S. Thanksgiving, showed that sales grew both in stores and online.
The results of sales on Black Friday, which once marked the day retailers would turn a profit for the year, rose 3 percent to $10.6 billion vs.8.3 percent rise in 2007.
More….
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN3047405120081130

Click Till You Drop

Can’t get your shopping in today? Not ineterested in fighting the holiday crowd? Cyber Monday is around the corner…
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97583135

UP AND AWAY WE GO!!! 2008-11-27

The Markets around the World that have been open today – Thanksgivings Holiday have all shown further advances in prices the oil and other commodities markets have been equally strong.The last month of the year will give investors a unique opportunity to re-structure portfolios using both equities and high quality corporate bonds now paying [...]

UP AND AWAY WE GO!!!! 2008-11-27

The Markets around the World that have been open today – Thanksgivings Holiday have all shown further advances in prices the oil and other commodities markets have been equally strong.The last month of the year will give investors a unique opportunity to re-structure portfolios using both equities and high quality corporate bonds now paying [...]

Social Networking

MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Yammer….waste of time or productive?
With various networking platforms users and employers find productive solutions using these networking platforms.
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www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97412426

Let me put it on Layaway…

Short on your rubberband bank? No credit line on our credit card? No problem…. as long as you’re not looking to buy one of them new Ferraris, Aston Martin’s or Porsches put the merchandise on Layaway.
In this economy retailers have to be smart on how to entice consumers this Holiday Season.
Read more…
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97541421

Flight to Safey Continues

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Who is next?

We had major baillouts for banking (financial) sector, automakers are waiting (December 2nd), builders are craving one, so it does make a logical sense that next in line will be insurers. Can I also join that line?
www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4AO7PH20081125

The Games Traders Play: Catch that Rally!

Volume is the fuel that drives the market. Charts yield clues when volume is out of character. High turnover on a lower close indicates selling pressure — people want to get out and no one is eager to buy, so the price falls. High volume on a stronger close indicates buying pressure — people want [...]

Mexico has more faith in Citigroup then Estados Unidos.

Inbursa, the investment firm controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, started buying Citigroup shares last week, sources tell CNBC. Inbursa has bought roughly 26 million shares of Citi. Shares were bought for investment funds and on behalf of clients.
www.cnbc.com/id/27916672

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