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Why did Cindy Mccain today sell $2 million shares in mutual funds investing in SUDAN!!? Darfur?

Question by Sun H: Why did Cindy Mccain today sell million shares in mutual funds investing in SUDAN!!? Darfur?
Isn’t Drafur in Sudan????? So the Mccain family invested there? And just today…decided to sell the stocks?

How do you people feel about that?

source: FOX NEWS (I wonder if they really like Mccain)
Darfur…awful genocide and horrible things

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict

M G, FOX NEWS reported the story! They say through Mutual Funds.

Best answer:

Answer by M G
How on earth do you even invest in Sudan?

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The Kiplinger Letter, an Outstanding Economic Periodical in Uncertain Times

The Kiplinger Letter, an Outstanding Economic Periodical in Uncertain Times

(PRWEB) May 16, 2011

MyReviewsNow is happy to announce their affiliation with The Kiplinger Letter. The unique perspective of The Kiplinger Letter looks ahead to what can be expected to happen, whereas traditional news sources look backward to what has already happened.

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Reporting in concise language and distinguishing object reporting from stories with a viewpoint, The Kiplinger Letter gets to the guts of the message while leaving the peripheral information out of their reports.

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Inside, busy professionals will appreciate the concise forecasts that are to the point and written in simple language, making them easy to read while waiting for a subway or at lunch until your meal is delivered.

The Letter format is literally used with “Dear Client,” at the beginning and a signature farewell from Knight Kiplinger, editor of the Letter. Subcategories such as “The World,” “Sports Business,” ”Tech,” “Financial Services,” and others also add to the ease of reading and understanding the material in a short amount of time. Of course, subtopics change from week to week, but the familiar format stays the same.

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Investors Guide – Episode 43 – Part 2

Investors Guide – Episode 43 – Part 2
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Thursday morning Dock and Fred talk about Bank of America attempting to dump trillions of dollars in derivatives on the US Taxpayer via FDIC insurance and what to watch for in the markets today. www.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com Dock@TreeceInvestments.com 419 843 7744 800 624 5597
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How much is this asset worth?

Question by anonymous: How much is this asset worth?
The US has $ 62.5 trillion of household assets, including real estate, equipment, financial assets like mutual funds (wikipedia). Consumers produce about 70% of the US economy (the news). US assets, then, should be worth about $ 90 trillion.

The world economy is worth about 60 trillions/yr. plus or minus a few (wikipedia). America’s economy is worth $ 14 trillion/yr (wikipedia). Does this mean the world is worth $ 400 trillion?

Best answer:

Answer by Whats Up Doc
Thats the gross. After you take out all the debt countries and people owe everything is in the red.

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News about stocks in my portfolio.?

Question by Thomas R B: News about stocks in my portfolio.?
I have a number of stocks and mutual funds listed on my home page under Stock Portfolio. At one time there was a section that had news about these items but I can no longer find it. I added the section titled “Yahoo-News Search Results for news of compinies in my portfolio” but it shows no items.
Suggestion?

Best answer:

Answer by zyberianwarrior
yahoo did away with portfolio tracking several months ago. Try marketwatch.com or even better morningstar.com

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CreditQ.com Launches New Financial Blog To Inform Consumers of New Credit Card Promotions, and Other Financial Updates

CreditQ.com Launches New Financial Blog To Inform Consumers of New Credit Card Promotions, and Other Financial Updates

CreditQ.com

Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) August 27, 2011

In their mission to inform businesses and individuals about their available credit card options, CreditQ.com has added a new weapon to their already formidable – and informational – arsenal. In addition to their already-established website, the company now adds a blog to their site. Here, the CreditQ.com team will post information on the new credit cards offered by the company, as well as news about promotions the site will be hosting. As more information is added, the blog will also offer a way for clients and interested parties to stay up-to-date on the workings of the business credit world.

In their new “Learn to Invest” section, the company offers ways to learn about investment terminology, money market rates (including updates and news), and articles. This information makes it easier for businesses and individuals to begin investing, even if they have little prior knowledge of how the market works. By reviewing the information available through creditq.com, users can learn the basics and give themselves a better chance at being successful investors as they move forward.

As the site ads new articles to their current roster, which includes pieces outlining the meanings of terms such as “certificate of deposit” and “mutual fund,” as well as information for those looking at whether or not their investment planning should include a mutual fund, the new information will be listed in the blog, making it even easier for site users to stay updated with the most current information available.

In keeping with CreditQ’s mission to provide “updates and accurate information to the public regarding current credit cards” and other financial options and products, the investments section also includes advice on finding online brokers, online trading platforms, and professional, objective platforms for traders and trading information. Zero dollar stock trades and savings tools are also available – and this list includes just a small amount of the investment advice the new pages offer.

In addition to information on credit cards, CreditQ.com also features information on credit reports and scores, loans, credit cards by credit type, mortgages, insurance policies, auto insurance, business credit and business credit cards, retirement advice, investment options and bank rates, all organized in such a way to inform and educate consumers.

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A Strictly Enforced Trading Deadline Will Not Threaten Retirement Plans

A Strictly Enforced Trading Deadline Will Not Threaten Retirement Plans

PORTLAND, OR, (PRWEB) November 2, 2003

The Investment Company Institute (Institute) has made several recommendations that would fundamentally reform mutual fund trading to combat the trading abuses that have come to light recently. They plan to pursue these recommendations with the Securities and Exchange Commission and through testimony before Congress.

The Institute’s first recommendation calls for a firm 4:00 pm deadline for all mutual fund trades to be reported to mutual fund companies. No longer would mutual fund companies be allowed to accept retirement plan trades after 4:00 pm when received by intermediaries before 4:00 pm. Commenting, Institute Chairman Paul Haaga said, “The firm 4:00 pm deadline represents all that can be done to slam the late trading window shut. We intend and are committed to doing everything possible to keep this window shut and permanently locked.”

The 401khelpcenter.com supports this recommendation. It will help ensure the absolute integrity of the mutual fund trading in the public’s eye and is necessary to rebuild investor confidence. No exceptions to the 4:00 pm deadline should be made for retirement plan trades. To do so would leave a means for continued abuse since there is no effective way to ensure that trades were properly received by the intermediaries prior to 4:00 pm. It would continue to be an honor system which can be exploited in the future.

Already industry lobbying groups have begun to cry that such a requirement on retirement plan trades will create additional costs which may have the unintended consequence of actually lowering retirement savings and will cause other undesirable consequences to plan participants. In a press release dated October 30, 2003, the SPARK Institute, a 401k industry trade organization, suggested that such a rule would have “adverse implications…for placement and processing of orders, [and] that imposing such a deadline would not only be unworkable, but also would have a negative effect on participant investment accounts in the nearly 400,000 U.S. 401k plans.”

This simply is not true. Many of the nation’s 401k plans operate in just such an environment today with no “adverse implications” for plan participants. Further, these late trade submission arrangements that intermediaries have with the mutual fund companies only became common in the 1990’s. 401k retirement plans operated perfectly well long before there advent.

Making an easily enforceable absolute 4:00 pm deadline is the right thing to do. The retirement industry should put aside their own self interest in order to help rebuild investor confidence in the mutual fund industry.

About 401khelpcenter.com

401khelpcenter.com, located in Portland, OR, is a principal provider of information, opinion, analysis, news, rules, and other 401k resources for retirement professionals, plan sponsors, small businesses, and plan participants. For more information, visit the company’s web site at http://www.401khelpcenter.com.

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Q&A: How do you play the stock market succesfully?

Question by ASureThing: How do you play the stock market succesfully?
I want to be able to follow the financial news and know how & when to change the allocations in my retirement finds which is a bunch of mutual funds?

Best answer:

Answer by netjr
I don’t know if this is a plan or not; but I seek out companies that appear to have value based on their PE ratio, debt, cash and projtected growth. They are out there; and once in a while I have to avoid them because they are temporarily high.

When I buy them I will hold them for years; but if I get a quick gain I’ll take out my original investment and leave only the gain behind in my brokerage account. I have at least 13 stocks now with nothing but proceeds from their short term gains.

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Investors Guide – Episode 53 – Part 1

Investors Guide – Episode 53 – Part 1

The Mexico Fund celebrates 30 years at NYSE

Thirty years ago José Luis Gómez Pimienta started The Mexico Fund, an investment vehicle listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE-Euronext) for people who wish to invest in Mexican stocks. Today, the fund manages a 0 million portfolio in assets. Univision News spoke with Gomez, the president of company.