Forum: Business, Finance and Investing

I live in a major metro area in Ohio in a 1,100 SF two bedroom townhouse, with a 1-car attached garage and a full basement that cost $120k USD when I bought it brand new six years ago. Looking at...

Corporate America is holding one trillion dollars in cash. What will they do with all this cash? Takeovers? Stock buybacks? Increased dividends?:confused:

I think a lot of other people had gained on this one but I dumped almost my entire portfolio on two different brokerages into BP at around $59 and shorted it straight to high 20's. Gotta love that...

for not bailing Lehman's ass out during the 08 crash. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/01/dick-fuld-lehman-collapse

Just a thought... It seems almost paradoxical that while USA and Canada are the closest neighbours and biggest trading partners, Canada is doing much better economically than the USA after 2008...

Ha ha ha.......no more sticking gas pedals for you.

Mine was with Abitibi-Bowater. 500 shares @ $42.16 ... value now? 0 Ouch!

POT shares up $27 this morning to $144 some $14 above the bid price. If successful a huge Canadian icon will be swallowed by an even larger international mining juggernaut. Coulda had POT for...

What would you put it in? I had thought silver but................I'd like a little quicker turn around.

Does anyone have any good investment newsletters that they sign up too? I'm looking for tips, investment ideas and not the general put money in RRSP & RESP. I'm looking for more of a stock watch...

Everyone says "make money work for you" or "money makes more money". but how is it possible when the stock market is so risky and starting a franchise business is a lot of work and only like 5%...

I am still holding 100 shares of Potash that I bought at $110. What would you do? Sell? Hold? bruce

If a company has a more provident pension plan (Plan A) and then creates a less provident plan (Plan B) for new employees while maintaining Plan A for existing employees, and all contributions from...

Can anyone tell me whats going on with Silver? I have seen some moves including from one guy on craigslist to collect it. Is there a real above ground Silver Shortage or is it just a panic or...

Anyone want to be a member? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/experts-podium/support-group-for-the-rich-helps-them-stay-that-way/article1661277/ I figured the...

Ha ha ha.....about time.

Ha ha ha.......well deserved I say.

I hear alot about the low volumes being traded each day. Is this mostly the big banks trading against each other maiking it easier to move the stock prices up? Also, when volume comes back, (ie....

David Einhorn briefly discusses new positions in Apple, Ensco, & NCR. http://rghost.net/download/2183988/138e16d339fd7ee0e8a11439428435451da62b1f/Greenlight-Capital-Q2-2010.pdf

I am a new SP and I am looking for a photographer, web designer, etc. I'm trying to attract the right kind of attention. I really like the quality of Dave's work, but I've e-mailed him twice, PMed...

Debt and markets: in the 90's, the Canadian federal debt was 563 billion, and over 100% of GDP, 2nd highest in the OECD after Italy. Since then (using 1997 as a starting pint, when the federal debt...

I would like to join an investment club that meets regularly where I can get objective opinions Club must be open to blue collar guy with limited knowledge Any suggestions appreciated

So, maybe this is a matter of those who speak up are the ones with something to be proud of, but whenever an SP writes about her finances on terb, it seems she is doing great, has a house, and...

Goldman Sachs settles for $550million. A drop in the bucket for them.

INTEL made more money last quarter than at any time in its history. The talking heads are saying that this is a sign the recovery is on track.