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Market Holds Up For Week, Heartbreaker in Vancouver
Stocks closed flat on Friday ending a week of mild losses of .74% after a strong 4% gain the previous week. The market topped in mid-January and corrected 8% before bouncing in mid-February and now trades just 3.7% off the rally's highs.Apple seems to be emerging as the clear leader to the...
Yuna Kim Wins Gold! Oh Yeah, Market Rebounded
A nice afternoon rally yesterday in the market took back 2/3rds of the days losses to end down a mere 53 points after being down almost 190 midday. A rumor hit the trading desks that Apple had plans to enact a 4-for-1 stocks split and shares, and the Nasdaq, exploded higher. Even after rumors...
See-Saw Week Ends Marginally Higher
Stocks rebounded from lows of down over 160 points to close with only a 45-point drop (-0.44%) in today's action. The Dow ended the week with an 86-point gain (0.87%) after seeing see-saw action nearly everyday causing active traders to pull their hair out.I was quoted again in the International...
Vancouver Olympics and Fortress Investment Group
Vancouver is currently preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics. As part of the Olympics Vancouver is constructing a residences for athletes. The city had planned to see the residence sold off as condos after the Olympics for a healthy profit. With the credit crunch and the downturn in housing in...
Housing Dilemma
Em, I wanted to give everyone an opportunity to read our exchange so I made my response a post. Em’s reply to a recent post, As a fellow Vancouverite I felt obliged to answer. I can assure you that Vancouver is no Pennsylvania. I have lived in Ohio and I understand the sticker shock when people...
