Posts Tagged ‘interest rates’

Could Rising Interest Rates Derail The Economic Recovery?

June 10, 2009 - publisher

Now that an economic recovery appears likely, the markets have a new bogey-man they’re concerned about— Higher Interest Rates. In the government’s attempt to finance the economic recovery by selling billions of dollars of debt, interest rates have been steadily...

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Stocks Up, Market Searches for a Bottom and the Credit Crunch Starts to Ease

October 20, 2008 - publisher

Written by OTCPicks.com Equity markets had a nice positive day on Monday as credit markets showed signs of thawing. A critical measure of lending between banks, the three-month Libor rate fell significantly providing signs that credit is again beginning to flow...

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World Markets Catch U.S. Financial Flu in a Steep Global Market Selloff

October 6, 2008 - publisher

Written by OTCPicks.com Last Friday congress passed the $700B financial bailout bill and sent it to the President who summarily signed it. It seems that global markets did seem to think that the bailout would save us from a nasty global...

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Congress Passes the $700 Billion Rescue Plan! Will it be Enough to Sooth Nervous Investors?

October 3, 2008 - publisher

Written by OTCPicks.com With the economy on the brink and elections looming, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President Bush for his certain signature. The final vote was 263-171...

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Dollar Falling and Oil, Gold and other Commodities Rising – AGAIN!!

September 22, 2008 - publisher

Written by OTCPicks.com Oil prices were up more than $25 a barrel today as investors became unsettled about the government’s $700B bailout plans. This was the biggest one day price surge ever for oil. The Fed is going to have to auction...

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Can Stock Market Activity Predict our Next President?

September 11, 2008 - publisher

Presidential election years are typically good for stocks despite which party wins the Oval Office. There are a few interesting barometers of what might happen in November in looking at history and the statistics of what has happened in the...

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