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• Will Wall Street Rally Continue?

  Last week ended on an upbeat note on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones industrial average making it past the 9,000 mark for the first time since January this year. The Standard & Poor's 500 ...

• Factor Financing

  The practice of factor financing improves cash flow and is the life-blood of many small businesses. With factor financing, a company sells its accounts receivable to a financing company, ...

• Fallen Angels of the Stock Market

  While there may be some dissension in the world of finance with regard to the meaning of the term "fallen angels", in general it refers to stocks that were once highly sought after and, due ...

• Second Quarter Earnings Season Kicks Off on Positive Note

  Investors caught sight of a glimmer of hope when the second quarter earnings season got off to a positive start with better than expected results and optimistic forecasts from high-profile ...

• Collusion – A Barrier to Competition

  In the business world, collusion is an agreement between rival companies to collaborate to gain an unfair advantage in their particular market sector. Instead of competing, they work ...

• Credit Rating Agencies

  With the current unpredictability and volatility of the global financial system, investors are making use of all the tools at their disposal to assist them in their investment decision ...

• GM’s Government Aided Come-Back Approved

  Following three days of hearings in New York's bankruptcy courts last week, Federal Judge Robert Gerber approved a plan for General Motors to make a government aided come-back from ...

• Third Quarter Kicks Off On Positive Note On Wall Street

  Wall Street started the third quarter of 2009 on a positive note, with all three major stock indicators notching up small gains on Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 57 points, ...

• Personal Savings; Bank Failures; Week Ahead on Wall Street

  Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 slipped on Friday ending on a low for the second week running, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite managed to notch up a ...

• Investors Ponder Housing Market, Regulatory Restructuring and Inflation/Deflation Fears

  Monday saw stocks fall to a three-week low on Wall Street, mostly due to the World Bank's dismal outlook on the global economy growth. The better than expected housing market report slowed ...

• Bank Credit Rating Cuts Ahead of Regulator Overhaul

  Fears that the recession may drag on longer than anticipated, made investors nervous and impacted negatively on Wall Street at the beginning of the week. A tech rally on Wednesday boosted ...

• Wall Street Recoups 2009 Losses, Looks to Week Ahead

  Following a day of ebb and flow on Wall Street, stock closed mixed on Friday with the Dow Jones industrial Average wiping out this year’s losses, ending the week at 8,799.41, while the ...