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B92 stock train 57 arrives at Canary Wharf
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is operated by high-floor, bi-directional, single-articulated cars with four doors on each side, with each train normally composed of two 28m cars. Each car has 70 seats and has a total capacity of 284 passengers. The cars have no driver cab, although there is a small driver console concealed behind a locked panel at each car end from which the passenger service agent (PSA) can drive the car when necessary. Other consoles at each door opening allow the PSA to control door closure and make announcements whilst patrolling the train. Because of the absence of a driver position, the fully glazed car ends provide an excellent forward (or rear) view for passengers.
Despite having high floors and being highly automated, the cars are derived from a German light-rail design intended for use in systems with elements of street running. All the cars that have operated on the system look similar, but there have been five separate types, of which three are still in operation on the DLR. A further car type, with quite different styling, was first displayed in March 2008 and entered service in September 2008.
P86/P89 rolling stock

P86 stock number 10 with a train for Stratford in 1987

A P89 stock train running in Essen, Germany
The fleet for the 1987 opening consisted of 11 light-rail vehicles built in 1986 by LHB in Germany and numbered 01 to 11. These were referred to as P86 stock, with P referring to Poplar depot, where they were maintained. These cars were built for the initial above-ground system and, because of the lack of appropriate fire-proofing, were not allowed to operate on the tunnelled extension to Bank. Because of this, and because adaptation to a new signalling system was too costly, these cars were sold in 1991 to Essener Verkehrs-AG of Essen, Germany, where they were extensively rebuilt and put into service on its Stadtbahn between 1994 and 1998. Originally, they retained DLR colours and were limited to route U11, but after a further modification programme started in 2005, trains are appearing in a yellow livery and are used on all routes.
In 1989, BREL supplied another ten LRVs, numbered 12 to 21. These share the characteristics of the original P86 stock. They were, though, equipped with sufficient fire-proofing to operate through the tunnels of the Bank extension. These were designated P89 stock and remained in operation on the DLR until 1995. The P89s were rebuilt with sliding doors. They were also sold to Essen, where they entered service between 1999 and 2004 after major modifications had been carried out. They are now painted yellow and blue and are used on all routes of the Essen Stadtbahn network.
As the Essen Stadtbahn does not use fully automated driving, and uses overhead power collection, the modifications to both sets of cars involved fitting driver’s cabs and pantographs.
B90/B92/B2K rolling stock

B90 stock train 32 approaches Pontoon Dock
Further vehicles were required as the network grew and as the original P86 and P89 cars had to be replaced due to their unsuitability for the changed system conditions. Bombardier built 23 vehicles of B90 stock in 1991, 47 vehicles of B92 stock between 1993 and 1995 and 24 vehicles of B2K stock in 2001 and 2002. When new the B2K stock differed from the earlier vehicles in appearance due to doors and handrails painted in contrasting colours to their surroundings. They are also fitted with internal LCD display screens. These differences were all mandated by the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (RVAR) of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which were not in force when the older stocks were built.
The B in the type codes refers to Beckton depot, where they are primarily maintained. They are of a common design and can be operated interchangeably in trains of two. All of them remain in service.

A DLR train is headed by B2K stock car 96, shown at Tower Gateway station

The interior of B92 stock train 49
The DLR fleet at the end of 2004 was:
2244: Bombardier B90, built 1991
4591: Bombardier B92, built 19931995
9299, 0116: Bombardier B2K, built 20012002
The numbering of the last cars can be seen to have restarted at 01 and to repeat the numbers of some of the earlier cars which had been disposed of. The main reason for this was that the DLR computer system had only been designed originally to handle 2-digit car numbers, and an upgrade did not take place until some time after these cars were received.
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Were it not for the B U S H I O T S, the Dow would be above 20,000 by now.

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There is no other place on this planet as sophisticated and resourceful where you can make big money and get fleeced without leaving your armchair. The money craze on Wall Street has called attention to a new era for investors.

“Yessiree, step right up and play the game everybody loves! You sir, yes you with the big bear tee shirt. This is your lucky day! I’ll tell you what I’m going to do for you. Give me a half million dollars and I will guarantee that your investment earns twenty percent per year EVERY YEAR for the next five years and longer. Trust me.

(Pitch continued…) “This investment is one of a kind and we only offer it to special investors who seek above average returns. I’m giving you our confidential brochure documenting the returns over the past ten years. As you can clearly see from the charts and the sincere look in my eye (doesn’t matter which one), this is a phenomenal opportunity backed by our proven history of outperforming the markets.”Now, who in their right mind would fall for a scam like the one described above. You? If not you, who?

The shell game on Wall Street has been marketed in various forms.If you didn’t quite like the smell of the cologne worn by the scam artist offering you twenty percent on your money, you probably gave a huge fraction of your assets to a giant institution brandishing a recognizable logo for the last fifty years. I’m referring to Merrill Lynch. You sounded like a bug snug in a rug when you told your house guests or close friends (OR ME), “I’m with Merrill.”

For decades, Merrill Lynch posed as a monolith owning a legacy of strength and integrity.Who knew the benchmark of investment banking was so incredibly ineffecient while strutting its bullish messages in more tabloids than any financial institution in the world? I had only a small clue, going back twenty years; but I had no idea the company was casting a shadow across the markets that was ten times larger than its true size. Imagine, a global investment bank being swallowed up by a bank (Bank of America, NYSE: BAC)! Think about that for a couple of minutes.

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“The rich get richer” is an old adage that we have all heard for most of our lives. Forget it. These days the rich are becoming more corrupt by the hour, losing their integrity to the lure of money an preying on investors that need the money the most. It’s about time we all learned that any service or series of transactions that require new capital to be successful is a virtual Ponzi scheme!

Roughly three decades ago, Woody Allen described a stockbroker as someone who invested your money until there was none left. In the past decade, distributions of wealth have been a one-way system that benefits corporate executives more than any other class in the United States; and we taxpayers are now asked to take a flying leap of faith in hopes that our government will put the brakes on the inequities of Wall Street. Unfortunately, it hasn’t happened, yet.

While Democrats and Republicans debate who’s right and who’s wrong, the swindler’s beat goes on. Unjustifiable use of company jets, lavish junkets to softer climes and additional perks to the best dressed executives will continue until President Obama finds a way to pull the plug. In my view, he is somewhat intimidated by the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank. Who wouldn’t be? Those two bureaucrats began hobnobbing before Mr. Obama left law school. In my opinion, they represent the monkey wrench (think pork) in the recovery program.

About Hope

There is no doubt that our greatest commodity is hope. Government, being what it is, will grind through waste to achieve the economic restoration this country needs, albeit in a much longer time frame than actually necessary. Supposedly, the buck will stop at the Oval Office, and hard-nosed decisions from the top will be exercised.I think of the solution to our financial crisis can be characterized a a gigantic jigsaw puzzle.

The banks have to be reclassified and refurbished, jobs must be secured and looting of investors’ pockets must cease, all within a singe time frame. Progress in these areas has to be achieved quickly in order to keep the glimmer of hope alive around the world.

If there was ever an opportunity for a U.S. President to be lionized as the champion of America’s future, now is the time – a feat that would be registered as one more magnificent moment in history.

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“Government securities” essentially are government debt – IOUs. When the U.S. government needs money, it issues treasury bills, note and bonds. Individuals and institutions (such as banks) buy them. The idea is (say) a bank will give the government (say) $1 million dollars, with the understanding that the government will pay back the money owed, along with interest at some future date. The problem is that when a bank owns a government security, it means that they do not have cash to loan to people to buy homes or cars. When people can’t get cash to buy things, then the manufacturer of things go out of business. So if your text book says that the Federal Reserve tried to buy back its debt instruments back from the banks, it simply means that they were trying to retire the debt, and give the bank cash (liquidity).

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Rising Fuel and Food Prices. Crashing Stock Markets and Property Values. Fluctuating Currencies. Rising Unemployment. Recession

Are you tired of these kinds of headlines?

 Thought so.

Just a year back, everything was fine and people were making money in business, on property and The Stock Markets. Today, you would be very fortunate if you did not lose money in any of these areas. In times like these, I ask myself, why bother saving?  The answer to that question is that you have to save if you want to see your children through to independence and then retire comfortably. And that, my friend, is the purpose of my blog. 

I will be posting comments on my little understanding on mortgages, loans, insurance and savings and investments in general. Hopefully, there will be other intelligent and successfull investors and businessman who will also contribute to this blog, so that all participating here may be wiser when it comes to handling their personal finances.

Here is my take, as a mortgage broker, on how we arrived at the present housing market situation.

The  federal funds rate which was around 6.5% in the second half of 2000, was slashed through out 2001 till by February 2002, it was about 1.75%. Rates were then more gradually cut till they reached 1% in April 2004 and though they started rising from July of that year, it was 2 years, July 2006, before they exceeded 5%. The Fed cut rates in 2001 to avert a recession, but inadvertently planted the seeds for the turmoil in the housing market today. As rates went down, mortgages became affordable and people who normally would not qualify for such loans, based on their incomes, suddenly found themselves being offered mortgages from banks. For large numbers of families, their dream of owning a home became a reality. There was only one problem in this scenario. The lending banks did not ask the borrowers to prove that they would be able to maintain their mortgages when interest rates eventually rose. It was then about this time, that foreclosure rates started rising.

There were other factors as well. The banks came up with self certification mortgages which did not require any proof of income. They would accept the income stated on the application form with out running any checks, on the reasoning that they had the property as security or collateral. These mortgages came to be known as Ninja mortgages – No Income No Job No Assets, as customers who took out these mortgages probably would not have qualified if their circumstances had been looked in to with more diligence.  As foreclosures increased, property prices crashed. Many properties lost even more value on account of vandalism as empty properties inevitably suffer this fate. The end result was that families lost their homes, banks lost their loans and as financial sector shares crashed, shareholders lost a substantial part of their investment in these institutions.  Further, the problem was not confined to the USA only, as many banks frequently sell their mortgage portfolios or mortgage backed securities to other banks to raise capital. European and Asian banks bought many of these portfolios or securities as on paper they offered a very good return on their investment. Subprime mortgages are highly profitable as the interest rates levied from customers are quite high in line with the higher risk these mortgages carry. Nobody wants to be left out when there are profits to be made and so when the housing market in the USA crashed, European and Asian banks felt the pain. The net result has been that all banks have become extremely cautious in lending, not only to customers and businesses but even among themselves. Since lending generally fuels business and consumption, we now find ourselves heading towards a recession.

So how do we prevent this kind of a situation in the future?

I am no economist but the First Amendment grants me the right to make my opinion heard, even though it may be the dumbest thing you ever came across. So here goes.

The sole criteron for lending should be the ability of the borrower to pay back the loan and not the value of the property. The property should only play a secondary role in the lending decision.Mortgages should be granted only to customers who can prove a consistent and reliable income. They should not be granted on property values as these can fluctuate drastically or disappear completely. The loan can be quantified as a certain multiple of the total net disposable income of a family and no more. Another way arriving at the loan figure would be that the total net disposable income should be atleast twice the annual mortgage interest.  This would ensure that the mortgage installment on an interest only basis would be affordable even if the interest rate doubled. By disposble income, I mean the portion of the income left after all taxes and everyday expenses have been deducted. Banks should be compelled to do their due diligence and keep detailed records of their investigations before lending to customers. An independant body would then be responsible for monitoring mortgages and would have the power to impose penalties to erring lenders.

Purchasing a mortgage payment protection insurance policy should be mandatory for all borrowers. These policies pay out if the borrower is unable to work on account of accident, sickness or redundancy. They are usually two year policies and relatively cheap. They usually do not pay out in the first 6 months of purchase or where the person covered knew that he/she was going to be made redundant. In genuine cases, they pay out an amount covering the mortgage installment and utility bills. This payment provides some relief while the breadwinner looks for a job or recovers his health.

Finally, the lenders themselves could help avoiding such a catastrophic situation again. They could set up their own insurance company to guarantee the cost of  mortgages in default. The reasoning behind this suggestion is that a property rapidly loses its value once the lender forecloses and puts it on the market as explained earlier. It seems to me that it would be a much better proposition for the lender to let the family stay in the home and maintain it and advise and encourage the bread winner to sort out his problems. The insurance company would cover the cost of interest on the mortgage for a fixed period just like the mortgage payment insurance mentioned earlier. The insurance would only cover the basic interest cost of the loan to the lender and not the interest charged to the borrower.Also, the insurance company would do its own due diligence before selling the policy and shaky loans would probably be declined for cover.

In conclusion, I would say that most people are over optimistic on how much they can afford to borrow. It should be the lender’s responsibility to arrive at the right figure to lend so that neither they nor the borrower need suffer on account of inappropriate lending.

Thanks for reading and I hope you will let me have any comments, positive or otherwise, on my thoughts.

Zeke

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I am a mortgage broker and financial adviser.

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Why not show you really care with a loving ‘last Rolo, and not the half-melted hair-covered one in your jeans pocket either, but a beautiful gold plated souvenir one in a gorgeous red box.

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Stocking fillers even get green, with funky little seed packs, designed to get even the clumsiest fingers growing away! Try a little gift pack of organic garden mint – a perennially popular herb which brightens up everything from salads to mojitos! The seeds also geminate in just two to three weeks, so impatient folk will be able to harvest their ‘crop’ very quickly! You can get other garden kits too – including tea and coffee growing kits for caffeine addicts, or even a grow-your-own bonsai tree, for those wishing to bring a bit of zen into your life!

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Stocking fillers get an extra-special touch when they feature the recipient’s name – such as the personalised film lover’s diary, featuring twelve classic flim images to brighten any cinema buff’s day…All on high quality paper with a glossy luxurious finish – you pick your loved one’s name and our techie experts will do the rest! Similarly, why not try a personalised dressing room sticker – designating the sanctity of your dressing room, and keeping those fans (or demanding family members) out to let you straighten your hair in peace… or present your loved one with a cute little personalised print, with their name spelt out in one of the many images on offer – clouds in the sky, chocolate sweets, flowers, marked into sand etc – these stocking fillers are certainly more stylish and glamourous than your average stocking fillers!

Quirky gifts
For real retro fun, bring back the old days with a ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ soap on a rope! It’s a fully licensed replica badge from the famous kids’ programme, and comes presented on a red satin ribbon. Going into the shower never was so much fun! For similarly quirky stocking fillers you could also try the wedge of cheese door stop – or encourage your creative kids to write down their pearls of genius with the cute ‘ideas’ notebook – who knows, it may eventually make its way into a museum exhibition one day when they’re rich and famous….

As you can see, stocking fillers have come an awfully long way since the time when all anyone could expect was a sugar mouse, a satsuma and a piece of coal! Online shopping has brought a real wealth of funny, unusual and downright bizarre little stocking fillers right at your fingertips – so get clicking and bring some smiles to your loved ones’ faces this Christmas!

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What Forex And Share Investors Can Learn From The Stock Market Crash Of 1929

It is only fair to emphasize that on the worst day the Stock Exchange ever saw, it was still just a market place, an arena where buyer and seller could transact their business.

The brokerage community, composed as it was of professionals, might have been expected to cast a sterner, more skeptical eye on the weakening economic conditions so falsely reflected in the market’s soaring prices, but there were few enough, in truth, who smelled danger in the spring air of 1929. Euphoria was endemic. The Exchange was no giddier than its customers.

It is worth recalling briefly some of the events of those turbulent days, for in violent and exaggerated form the Crash spelled out the consequences of ignoring the basic principles of sensible investment. This is not to say that only foolish people lost money in 1929. Or even that wise ones could have read all the signs correctly at a time when the mirage of endless prosperity had pixilated much of the nation. Nor should that long-ago nightmare stand as a warning against investment today.

But in its stark outlines can be read many of the hard lessons every investor should know by heart.
The Crash, as every economist and social historian who sifted the ashes was quick to tell us, was a classic case of the wish transcending reality. First, of course, came the Boom. After a few unsettled years following World War I, the nation had straightened out economically and entered a period of joyful prosperity.

The automobile industry, producer of the new era’s most glittering symbol, was thriving. This was good news for the vast network of sub-contractors and suppliers of rubber, glass, and steel, of batteries, spark plugs, brake linings, and gasoline. Construction of office buildings, homes, and highways was increasing, and this fattened the producers of lumber, cement, electrical fixtures, and home appliances. Everywhere more power was needed.

The icebox was giving way to the electric refrigerator, the washtub to the washing machine. And more and more homes had backyard aerials enabling them to tune in on the wonderful world of radio. The utilities grew, merged, pyramided into enormous holding companies. The movies were springing into full bloom. Everywhere there was money and progress.

The stock market responded vigorously.

Beginning in 1924, prices moved steadily upward. Each year was better than the last. An impressive array of important people was being quoted to the effect that it now seemed clear the American people had found the secret of capitalistic perpetual motion. The words varied but the message was the same: a wise Providence had seen fit to endow us bountifully with this world’s goods. All that was required to achieve an endless prosperity was to have faith in America and keep moving. We were on the glory road.

Looking back, considering the bankers, tycoons, government executives, and assorted wizards who spoke-and the rest of us who listened, eager to believe-it all seems preposterous, vainglorious and naive. But in the Twenties it was hard to be pessimistic, hard even to be realistic. For America was indeed growing rich, and the end appeared to be never.

Actually, as we now know, the signs and portents of trouble ahead showed themselves early and were there for all to see. In 1927 it was well-known that speculation in securities was increasing. Loans to brokers and dealers inched upward,reaching a total of $3.7 billion, a sure indication that much-perhaps too much-Trading was being conducted on margin.

Margin buying was then-and still is-common practice. The customer pays only part of the purchase price of his securities and borrows the balance from his broker, using the stock he buys as collateral for the loan. In a rising market, a buyer might put up $2,500 to buy 100 shares at 50, wait for a ten-point profit, sell, pay off his loan, and be $1,000 ahead-twice the profit he would have made buying outright only the 50 shares his original $2,500 would command. Trouble looms, however, if the stock should drop to the point where its value threatens to be insufficient to cover the loan.

Then the broker calls for more “margin”-funds to reduce the loan to a level equivalent to the new, lower value of the stock or, if the customer is unable to meet the call, sells him out.

When does the total of brokers’ loans-money loaned to them to loan to their customers-get too high? The Twenties did not know, but they were not frightened. President Coolidge did not think them too high. Treasury Secretary Mellon didn’t, either. And as long as the market soared upward, as though inflated with helium, they were right.

Apparently few paused to ponder the consequences of a general market drop and what it might do to the shoestring speculators.

People’s eyes were indeed lifted to the stars, for little attention was paid to events underfoot. By early 1928, business was exhibiting symptoms of distress. Overproduction and overexpansion were accompanied by serious unemployment. And the market reacted. Time and again, there were short but severe jolts indicating that all was not well, that the great bull market was not impervious, that what went up had a very good chance of coming down.

Still, it was also true that the market rebounded with astonishing vigor after these shocks. Following the election of President Hoover, the upward march resumed. The keener analysts were now stating firmly and unequivocally that the market level was dangerously high, but their warnings were lost in the anvil chorus of optimism that still pervaded Wall Street and its swelling army of customers. Playing the market was now everyone’s game.

The end of 1928 and the early months of 1929 brought further tremors, but once more the market rallied, and by midsummer Stocks had climbed to undreamed-of peaks, and fears receded.
Brokers’ loans were over the $6 billion mark and, according to one post-mortem analysis, some 300 million shares of stock probably were being held on margin.

But why worry? Values were so astronomical, as September came, that there seemed no reason they should not go higher. Faulty logic? Of course. Yet who can blame the man who bought Montgomery Ward at 150 and saw it go to 450 in a year and a half for feeling that another 50 points was in prospect?

It is unfortunate that prices did not keep rising.
Knowing when to sell is always difficult and in the months running up to the crash it would have been very difficult to tell that a crash was just around the corner.

Now we have experience of the past we should be more cautious.
Good software programmes can give us some clues for the stock market and Forex in particular.

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if the cons got their wish and Obama let the banks fail and the stock market crash, do they understand what?

that would do to them. They talk like it wouldn’t effect them since they don’t own a bank and aren’t on wall street. Do they really not know that every business and small company in America would be hurting or out of business from that?

TARP was passed by the previous administration, and there was a market crash anyway. Sheesh, if that wasn’t a crash, what would one be? But like always, don’t let a lack of knowledge get in the way of your strong opinion.

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Stock Crises of 1929 and 1987. the Caution Measures

Government was always ready to protect the society of the United States of America from different kinds of trouble. And for the investors The Stock Markets tried to create something useful and creative. And the time after the crash was the most suitable.

And in order that investors were dedicated to the news of The Stock Market a lot of different manuals were published. In such brochures there was a plan of the stock achievements. The level of reducing forces the actions which should be done. Nowadays the usage of Internet and phone connection takes an important place. Because on the reasons of the crises in 1929 and 1987 was impossibility to connect in order to control the situation or to check the state of affaires.

During Black Monday the line of telephone were overloaded, because the number of calls was really big. And today, the international companies enlarge the sphere of contact (telephone lines, and a great number of teams, working on the telephone, ready to give necessary information when it is needed, or in the case of terrible crash).

One more problem concerning the crisis in 1987: the experts are not sure about certain causes of disaster. They have different points of view. But the fact is that what ever main reason for all this could be, but connected bad influence had made such a great step aside in the development of the economical system. But, if the reasons of the crash are numerous and acted together, the ways for predicting the crises should be done in the same structure.

In order to make a conclusion, it is important to underline that the actions in 1929 and 1987 gave a great lesson to the society. And nowadays the risk of being in the conditions of crises is rather low.

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Tension, disaster, turbulence – welcome to the Year of the Rat?

What do you think of the Chinese Prediction? Sounds like Revelations>>
HONG KONG (AFP) – The Year of the Rat threatens to see a build-up of international tensions, natural and air disasters, and a more turbulent stock market, soothsayers and analysts say.

HONG KONG (AFP) – The Year of the Rat threatens to see a build-up of international tensions, natural and air disasters, and a more turbulent stock market, soothsayers and analysts say

That sounds about right.

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Surviving a Stock Market Crash – 5 Tips to Show You How

It is scary when the money you were counting on for retirement, education, or your home is rapidly declining in value. Don’t panic though. Here are some 5 tips to help you survive:

1. People are living longer:

Males that reach the age of 65 nowadays will have a 49% chance of living to 86. Women will have a 49% chance of living to age 89. With that in mind, it’s obvious that you will still need the help of equities (Stocks and stock Mutual Funds) to help you grow your portfolio and keep ahead of taxes and inflation.
Don’t abandon these investments.

2. Rebalance where necessary.

Take a look at your portfolio winners. If you had targeted say 20% in international and it is now 30% of your portfolio. Sell enough to bring it back down to 20% and use that cash to invest in another sector that you don’t own. Remember that you don’t have a realized loss until you sell. Take just enough of a loss to offset the gain that you took above, and then you will pay no tax on the transaction.

3. Diversify.

Don’t have any winners? Then you weren’t diversified enough to begin with. You should have had enough in each asset class (large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, international, etc.) and each style (growth, value, blend, balanced, etc.) to create an investment plan to reach the return you need with the risk you are comfortable with, and in the time period that you targeted. Believe it or not, there are some mutual funds that have managed to keep their returns higher than the more than 23% loss of the S&P500 Index this year. There are a lot of free resources such as morningstar.com that will give you the data you need to diversify and feel better about your holdings.

4. Make decisions now.

Act now. Don’t look for bottoms. You don’t ever know where the bottom is but you do know that stocks are steadily getting cheaper and there are some fantastic buys out there. You may not have control over the market but you do have control over what you buy and what you sell. Don’t wait.

5. Get a guaranteed income for life.

Along with positions of cash, bonds, and equities, a fixed annuity should play a part in a portfolio of someone close to working part-time or retiring altogether. An annuity is an insurance contract that in return for a lump sum of money gives you a steady fixed stream of income that is guaranteed for your life or the life of you and your spouse. For people who want to spread out their risk, this is an excellent addition to a portfolio. The downside is that you don’t get any inflation protection since the payments remain the same. The upside is that you get an income stream guaranteed by the insurer so you don’t have to worry about managing the money. Of course, you need to make sure the insurer is financially strong enough to be able to pay you throughout the term of the contract.

People like Floyd Odlum made millions during the Great Depression, not by fleeing into cash and bonds but by buying into stocks as the market dropped. His motto during the crash was: “There’s a better chance to make money now than ever before.”

Don’t lose this opportunity to arrange your portfolio to meet your future needs. Follow the five steps above, and you won’t have to worry about what The Stock Market is doing ever again.

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Was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff a direct response to the stock market crash of 1929?

Can the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in any way be looked at as a direct political response to the stock market crash of 1929, and if so where may I find sources that prove the fact? If the Smoot-Hawley Tariff was a response to the stock market crash, why were protectionist policies pursued? Is there a reason the US thought protectionist policies would be good for the economy?

No, not directly. There had been a series of tarriffs created in the 1920’s, and Smoot-Hawley was in no small part of that general policy. That, combined with concerns about labor markets in the late 1920’s, resulted the passage of the law in 1930. To a certain degree, the timing was incidental; it would have likely been passed whether there had been a crash or not.

After the Stock Market Crash, however, and the resulting pressure on available capital, probably Hoover saw it as a means of raising revenue that would not directly burden the American economy.

How wrong he was.

Cheers.

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How Stock Market Price Rises and Falls

Understanding how stock market price rises and falls is similar to understanding the prices of other products in the market. It also follows the law of supply and demand. Price of Stocks rise and fall due to the following reasons:

1. Company profit projections and image

A company’s growth and profit forecasts describe how capable a company is in delivering its promises to its investors. These numerical projections are carefully prepared by a company based on their past profits and projected additional profits due to new products and services, operations and infrastructure improvement.

Aside from profit forecasts, company image can also make an impact on a company’s profitability. Rumors of change in management, take-over, mergers, and even personal issues about the company’s top executives can affect the company’s image.

For example, a rumor of a merger between two big companies projects more stability and greater profit projections for both companies. As more investors would want to buy stocks from these merging companies, the demand for their stocks will rise. Based on the law of supply and demand: the greater the demand for stocks, the higher will their prices be.

A bankruptcy rumor about a company can send its investors to sell all their stocks. If there are more sellers than buyers of stocks then the supply (of stocks) is greater than the demand for stocks thus, Stock Price will fall.

2. Political Economy

General news about the local and global politics has an immediate impact on the economy and consequently to Stock Market Prices. Politics and economics are correlated. Positive news such as lower unemployment rates, increased productivity, peace and order, and strong confidence in the government has positive impact on the economy. Such news encourages more local and international investors to open companies in a certain location or country. This in turn would generate more jobs, and as an effect, would encourage more Trading in the market at higher stock prices in general due to the increase in demand for stocks of different companies.

On the other hand, negative news such as political instability and turmoil, security problems such as terrorism and insurgency, frequent strikes, and inflation has negative impact on The Stock Market prices. Investors are driven away by these things and close-up. As an effect, more stockholders would sell out. This creates more sellers than buyers thus stock market prices fall.

3. Interest rates

Higher interest rates are associated with a slump in economic growth. This creates a sluggish environment where investors become apprehensive in Buying Stocks. Either they keep the status quo or sell out their stocks. When the demand for stocks is not high, prices will go down.

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Ideal Portfolio for Conservative Investor Oct/Nov 2009?

I’ve always been a conservative investor, almost paranoid of the stock market. I’ve seen many recent alternative strategies about Bond Funds, International Bond Funds, Municipal Funds, REIT’s and the like. I wouldn’t mind some stock (but low percentage of total portfolio). Can you recommend a DREAM Portfolio based on the current economy and 12 month forecast starting with November of 2009? Thank you! P.S. Prefer to stay away from funds with high loads, high fees and so forth.

Financials, Property Developers, Oil companies- They should be some of the best market performers in the next 12 months.

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Real Estate Market – How Not To Let Future Market Crashes Effect You?

The housing market crash is big news in most newspapers and the evening report everyday. Despite this there are certain pockets which have not been so badly affected by this crash. Homeowners in these areas are still not as hard hit as others but should prepare in advance so that the impending crash does not affect them too much. There is not much time left before the real estate crash comes knocking on their doorsteps too.

You can never be sure how and when the market will act up. It does not take long for a perfectly good market to turn into a nightmare. Before you realize what hit you, you will be interned with a property that refuses to change owners. This could spell disaster for investment properties. No that personal properties are far behind, especially if you want to sell it for a decent profit. It is thus crucial that you should protect yourself and look around for good options that can bail you out in case of a crash.

The first step would be to change the type of mortgage you have. As soon as possible you should convert your adjustable or interest only mortgage to a fixed interest loan. With fixed rate your options for lower interest rates becomes viable. Also in case interest rates start to rise you will be well protected as your monthly payments will see no corresponding increase.

Take a stock of your situation, and work out if you will be able to afford inhabiting in your current home. If there is no way you can shift homes then any devaluation of the property makes little difference to your stand. You can consider this property as a long term investment. The housing market is expected to stabilize in due course and with it your property value will also stabilize. If you are already facing problems regarding your monthly payments and feel that soon you may not be able to support it, that it would be in your best interest to sell your property and move out before the market decides to crash.

Another aspect you have to be careful about is the safety of your investments. It is well known that most institutions invest in the real estate, thus if anything goes wrong with the real estate market, in all probability your investments will be in a soup. Ensure your safety. You can do this by simply getting hold of the analysis rating for your bank and S&L.

You need to be careful about your present and any future investments that you are planning. Pay due attention and focus carefully before you decide to invest your money in this market. The present housing crisis dictates that conservative options are your best bet. You could opt for safer investments like Treasury Bills, CDs and even strong foreign currencies.

A conservative and careful approach can safe guard you against the market turmoil. You need a good focus to protect yourself and your investments in order to be able to tide over the impending market crash.

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Is the only thing keeping our country from falling apart right now government bailouts?

We are currently seeing bank failures, insurance company failures, stock failures, mortgage failures and an increase in unemployment. Unfortunately, the U.S. is having to borrow the money from other countries to finance the bailouts as the U.S. is seriously in debt. This, in turn, will seriously impact the value of our dollar which is already worth much less than the euro.

Our country IS falling apart……

That ’s why they (government) bailing everyone out…….

Government caused this problem (bad regulations, wrong deregulation, est…….)

So now they think they can fix it…..

It’s like putting wolf in charge of the hen house…..

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