Archive for August 27, 2008
Summer is ending but the market is still getting burned. Use this screen to find stocks that are breaking down.
Seeking a post-convention bounce
The market remains deadlocked, but we may get a little move up. I'm selling NuVasive and Maxwell for two new plays, and shorting Italy and the British pound.
7 secrets of health insurers
To really understand your coverage, you need to know about a lot more than just your deductibles and copayments.
Surviving life’s big money blows
Even when your financial well-being is getting clobbered, don't despair. It will help if you know what to expect -- and what to do next -- in 3 kinds of calamities.
Apple’s ‘missing iPhone’ problem
With legions of users abroad 'unlocking' the red-hot phones from Apple's carrier and with a product line vulnerable to a US recession, the electronics innovator is losing out both here and abroad.
Guerrillas Use Word-of-Mouth Marketing
It comes in many forms, but all of them are essential to your business.
Why Your Business Needs a True Database
Excel is great for basic number crunching, but don't try to stretch it too far.
Budget Strategically to Stay on Course
These 9 tips will help you manage your budget, steer straight and control your destiny.
Energy, financial stocks boost market
The Dow finishes with a 90-point gain. Boeing surges on a bullish durable-goods report. Crude oil tops $118 on fears that Tropical Storm Gustav will threaten oil-and-gas platforms in the Gulf. Chrysler may sell its Viper sports car business.
Ranks of the ultrawealthy soar
New IRS data show a 62% increase in the number of people with a net worth of $20 million or more between 1997 and 2004. Separate data list the 'Fortunate 400.'
Two entrepreneurs’ game: Pinball tennis
As most tennis players enjoy early autumn weather, Arthur Chapman, 47, and David Enstone, 54, prefer to work up a sweat indoors. Every Monday at 8 A.M., the owners of William Raveis Chapman Enstone, a real estate firm in Newport, R.I., meet inside a cavernous space that resembles the inner courtyard of a monastery, complete with gray stone walls and windows so small you can hardly poke your head through them.
The price of a nap: $15
How much would you pay for a nap? For entrepreneur Nicholas Ronco, that's a million-dollar question, with the fate of his 18-month-old business hanging on the answer.