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nytimes.com - 1/2/2009

Worldwide, a Bad Year Only Got Worse

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After a catastrophic year for global markets, analysts are cautioning investors not to expect the big rebound that usually follows a sharp downturn. >

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politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/6/2009

Video - Obama: Economy 'bad and getting worse'

— politicalnewslive.blogspot.com — President-elect Barack Obama declared the national economy was 'sick' Monday as he began crisis talks with congressional leaders on emergency action. Mark Smith reports from The White House. (more) Video - Obama: Economy 'bad and getting worse'

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econlog.econlib.org - 12/30/2008

The Law: Going from Bad to Worse

— econlog.econlib.org — (December 25, 2008 02:48 AM, by Bryan Caplan) At risk of offending my many friends in the legal academy, I think that law is a shockingly phony discipline.  Virtually everyone - liberal, conservative, Marxist, libertarian, or whatever - imagines ... (more) The Law: Going from Bad to Worse

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Why investors should use stop-losses
BloggingStocks — ... Last year global stock markets lost $29 trillion in value -- falling 42%. And although it does not get much media attention, there is something that investors can do when the stock market moves against them. They can set stop losses on their stocks which limit how much money they can lose. Specifically, if an investor buys a stock at, say, $20 a share, he or she can issue a limit order which requires the broker to sell the stock when it declines to a lower price, say, $18. Such a limit order would limit the investor's loss to 10%. ...

2008 Global Market Performances
The Big Picture — via NYT > Source: Worldwide, a Bad Year Only Got Worse DAVID JOLLY NYT, January 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/business/worldbusiness/02global.html ...

Why investors should use stop-losses
BloggingStocks — ... Last year global stock markets lost $29 trillion in value -- falling 42%. And although it does not get much media attention, there is something that investors can do when the stock market moves against them. They can set stop losses on their stocks which limit how much money they can lose. Specifically, if an investor buys a stock at, say, $20 a share, he or she can issue a limit order which requires the broker to sell the stock when it declines to a lower price, say, $18. Such a limit order would limit the investor's loss to 10%. ...