crossingwallstreet.com - 10/19/2009
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It was 22 years ago today -- October 19, 1987 --that the market busted. The Dow plunged 508 points, also on a Monday.
As it turned out, the crash was an excellent buying opportunity as the market can surging for another 12-1/2 years.
If you bought the day after the crash, you would ...
ritholtz.com - 10/20/2009
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Rob Fraim is a reader who puts out
his own amusing comments each week via email. On...
the 22th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, he put out his recollections from that day, and we are republishing them today, the 20th anniversary of Black ...
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1987 Crash Revisited
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Monday links: competence and confidence
Abnormal Returns —
... US dollar, but valuation models differ on its underlying value. (WSJ)
Gold can now be used as collateral at the CME. (Bloomberg)
CME Group (CME) is in talks to buy the Chicago Board Options Exchange. (Crain’s Chicago Business, DealBook)
Happy 22nd anniversary, Black Monday. (Crossing Wall Street)
Another example why shorting is more ...
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