Financial Doom - Current Best Sellers

Posted on May 6, 2008 by MoneyBob

Go ahead and read those apocalyptic books on the economy if you like a good scare. But be sure you recognize fiction when you see it.
By Jim Jubak
If fairy tales express our deepest fears, then investors must be on the verge of a psychotic breakdown.
The current crop of financial gloom-and-doom books carry titles such [...]

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Partying like it’s 1998?

Posted on September 27, 2007 by MoneyBob

Is today’s stock market like fall 1998 or late 1970s?
By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:01 AM ET Sep 24, 2007
The newsletter editors I monitor are all over the map in arguing about which period of stock-market history is the closest analog to today’s market. Not surprisingly, they are issuing diametrically opposed forecasts on the basis [...]

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