Monthly Archive: April 2009

Apr
30
2009

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Women ‘better investors than men’

Men mistakingly think that they’re better investors than women.  But every study I’ve read suggests otherwise. Here’s an item from the BBC news. Women investors are consistently better at investing in shares than men, a survey has said. The study, by financial website Digital Look, said women were more successful because they tended to back …

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Apr
29
2009

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The 1929 Crash – 25 years to recover, or was it just over 4?

Did the stock market really take 25 years to recover from 1929? or was it four and a half? Mark Hulbert suggests it took just over 4 years, in relative terms.  (New York Times published 28 the April 2009) Historical stock charts seem to show that it took more than 25 years for the market …

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Apr
25
2009

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Protected: Investment Club News – April 25 2008

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Apr
25
2009

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Protected: Investment fund proposal: New Members

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Apr
17
2009

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Finishing First on the F1 Race Track

In September of last year, my parents came to visit me in Singapore.  And during their first evening, I dragged my keen but jet-lagged dad downtown to watch the world’s first Formula 1 night race, where we sat in a grandstand, looking down at cars that screamed through a tight bend, accelerated viciously, and then …

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