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Job Hunting Tips from 'Sandwich Board' Guy Among the iconic images that summed up 2008 was that of Joshua Persky, the unemployed investment banker who slapped a sandwich board over his suit that said "Experienced MIT Grad for Hire" and hit the streets of New York to to reclaim his place on Wall Street.
S&P Faces Rocky Road to 1100 The S&P 500 is in an extended consolidation phase that could mean sideways trading well into the summer and after that more weakness is due, this money manager says.
Pros: Market Bull Out to Pasture Until 2013 A delayed Santa Claus rally may help bring some money in from the sidelines early in the year, but a real bull market may be four to five years away, according to one technical analyst.
Top Performing Stocks in '09 Followed by a year marked by the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, optimism for a modest recovery seems to have taken root among some investors.
'Year of Recovery' is a Myth, Charts Show 2009 may not be shaping up to be the "year of recovery" that investors expected, this chief market strategist says. He sees stocks and commodities both being weaker this year.
Madoff and Me The victims' stories in their own words.
Slideshow: Celebrity Foreclosures More than one million homes in America are now in foreclosure, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, and the rich and famous are not immune. The following celebrities, ranging from athletes to entertainers, have seen their homes go into foreclosure.
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Dow to 10,000 Stocks are still in a multi-year bear market, but the Dow could get up to 9,654, maybe even 10,000 in the current rally, according to this strategist.
Steve Jobs Statement: Full Text Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs revealed Monday that a hormone imbalance is at the root of weight loss that has prompted rumors about his health.
Madoff Memorabilia Like Enron, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers after those firms met their ends, memorabilia identified with Bernie Madoff is hot on eBay.
Monday Best Trades The Fast Money gang offers up their best Monday trades.
'09 Recovery: Likely Shaped Like a W A W-shaped recovery is more likely than a V-shaped one this year, and stocks look relatively attractive compared to other asset classes such as bonds, Juerg Zingg, managing partner at Q Investments, told CNBC.
Predictions '09 Prognostications for the year ahead from the CNBC.com bloggers.
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CNBC Survey: Rebound Expected by Q3 '09 Stocks are expected to score double-digit gains in 2009, and the economy should show signs of a rebound by the third quarter, according to a CNBC survey.
Slideshow: Famous Last Words of 2008 Everybody says dumb things. But this past year has seen more than its share of spectacularly bad calls from CEOs, government officials and market pros. Much of the blame goes to the financial crisis, which escalated so quickly that some statements were out of date almost as soon as they were made. Still, even the so-called experts made plenty of boneheaded comments.
CNBC.com's Top Stories for 2008 What were the top news stories of 2008? It depends. If you just look at the single, one-off pieces of news for the year rather than the biggest events, the list looks a lot different than your typical end-of-year top stories list.
Predictions '09 Prognostications for the year ahead from the CNBC.com bloggers.
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Slideshow: Famous Last Words of 2008 Everybody says dumb things. But this past year has seen more than its share of spectacularly bad calls from CEOs, government officials and market pros. Much of the blame goes to the financial crisis, which escalated so quickly that some statements were out of date almost as soon as they were made. Still, even the so-called experts made plenty of boneheaded comments.
CNBC.com's Top Stories for 2008 What were the top news stories of 2008? It depends. If you just look at the single, one-off pieces of news for the year rather than the biggest events, the list looks a lot different than your typical end-of-year top stories list.
Rogues Gallery: Biggest Frauds on Wall Street Accused of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff may have masterminded the biggest fraud in Wall Street history. But he’s not alone. Over the years, people from CEOS to traders have tried to take advantage of the system. Here are some of the notables from the past two decades.
Predictions '09 Prognostications for the year ahead from the CNBC.com bloggers.
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Global Markets Scorecard With some markets already closed for the year and others just about wrapped up, here is a summary of how the major global indices fared in 2008
2008: A Year of Bucking Trends The financial crisis and market turmoil of 2008 have prevented many historical trends from holding true this year. We wrap it all up.
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Pros Say: Bull Market Has Already Begun Analysts are predicting a slow awakening in the second half of 2009, and one says we're already at the beginning of a bull market.
More Top Stock Sectors for '09 As we end a rather nasty 2008 and head into a new year that doesn't hold much optimism, this senior market specialist sees investment potential in education, infrastructure and energy.
Madoff Scandal: Five Lessons For Investors For as long as there have been investors, there have been scams like the one allegedly perpetrated by Bernie Madoff. So why do people keep falling for them?
Employment Collapse: The Next Stage in the Crisis The next stage in the financial crisis could be the collapse of employment, with as many as 600,000 people losing their jobs in Britain next year. This strategist offers advice on how to invest such a collapse.
Predictions '09 Prognostications for the year ahead from the CNBC.com bloggers.
Charts Predict: Best Currency for 2009 Is it the US dollar? No. Is it the Euro? No. How about the Chinese Yuan? Keep guessing, or read what currency is a best bet for '09.
Last-Minute Gifts: There's STILL Time Here are some cool, inexpensive gifts you can make right from your computer — and they’ll be ready in time for Christmas.
Predictions '09 Prognostications for the year ahead from the CNBC.com bloggers.
Rogues Gallery: Biggest Frauds on Wall Street Accused of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff may have masterminded the biggest fraud in Wall Street history. But he’s not alone. Over the years, people from CEOS to traders have tried to take advantage of the system. Here are some of the notables from the past two decades.
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Madoff Panic: No Need to Polygraph Your Financial Advisor There’s nothing wrong with choosing to employ someone to manage and aid our investment choices (remember, you’re the boss!), but we should act as a well-informed patient—after all, the quality of our lives is on the line.
Predictions '09 Prognostications for the year ahead from the CNBC.com bloggers.
Rogues Gallery: Biggest Frauds on Wall Street Accused of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff may have masterminded the biggest fraud in Wall Street history. But he’s not alone. Over the years, people from CEOS to traders have tried to take advantage of the system. Here are some of the notables from the past two decades.
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Charts: New President, Big Rally The Dow and S&P 500 will rebound in the first quarter of next year as incoming President Barack Obama is likely to boost investor sentiment, according to this technical strategist.
Banks Sitting on $1 Trillion Cash In the week ended December 17th, banks had $774 billion in excess reserves, gigantically more than the customary total of just a few billion dollars. CNBC guest blogger Tony Crescenzi looks at the reasons why.
Predictions '09 Prognostications for the year ahead from the CNBC.com bloggers.
Rogues Gallery: Biggest Frauds on Wall Street Accused of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff may have masterminded the biggest fraud in Wall Street history. But he’s not alone. Over the years, people from CEOS to traders have tried to take advantage of the system. Here are some of the notables from the past two decades.
Financial scandals are not just breaking here in the U.S. as Satyam's CEO allegedly cooked the books, with Francesco Guerrera, Financial Times U.S. business editor and CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera
A German billionaire who got caught in the Volkswagen short squeeze is dead in an apparent suicide, with CNBC's Linda Behringer, Joe Kernen & David Faber