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Weekly Wrap: Bernanke scolds Washington
Aug 26, 2011
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: the Federal Reserve announces it can do little more for the economy, while consumer confidence continues to drop.
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That Warren Buffett Confidence Boost Doesn't Come Cheap
Aug 25, 2011
Warren Buffett's $5 billion investment in Bank of America - the Ghost of Christmas Past here is his $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs in 2008 ...
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Reasons for market jumps hard to trace
Aug 24, 2011
Many experts attributed a good day on Wall Street yesterday to an upcoming speech by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. But others say big market swings are harder to explain.
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Compare and Contrast: Do the Markets Dictate Government Policy?
Aug 22, 2011
The markets are from Mars, and politicians are from Venus. The markets want more government stimulus. Governments just want to pay the debts the...
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Weekly Wrap: Should we be worried about the markets?
Aug 19, 2011
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: Following the volatility in the markets last week, what can we expect in the future?
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The U.S. downgrade, two weeks in
Aug 19, 2011
The stock markets have seen turmoil, but the U.S. government's cost of borrowing has actually dropped despite Standard & Poor's downgrading of Treasury debt from AAA. S&P has suffered criticism
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Volatility: What's causing it, and who's profiting
Aug 15, 2011
The numbers have been rising and falling at ease in the past week. But what's really behind volatility in the markets, and who's going to benefit in the end?
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Seriously, stop panicking about Wall Street
Aug 12, 2011
New York Bureau Chief Heidi Moore is back in the studio to remind everyone that panicking never solved anything.
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Weekly Wrap: Stock market drama
Aug 12, 2011
Reviewing the week's news on Wall Street. This week: the aftermath of the S&P downgrade decision and how it's affecting how we live
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Low Interest Rates: The Backlash Begins
Aug 12, 2011
For the past three years in particular - and the past 20 years in general - the Federal Reserve has imposed low interest rates. And when interest...
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