A Bear Market History
Last Friday’s rollercoaster action, with the Dow Industrials swinging wildly from negative to positive, and back down again to end the day down 128 points, capped off one of the worst weeks in U.S. stock market history. That gave the blue chips an 8-day loss of just under 2,400 – or 22.1%. To put it [...]
China Mobile: A Stock With Alot Of Upside
IntroductionChina Mobile Limited (CHL) is an investment holding company and a mobile services provider in China. Its principal activity is providing mobile telecommunications and related services in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly administered municipalities in Mainland China and Hong Kong. As of December 31, 2007, the total number of subscribers reached 369.339 million. The [...]
More Trouble Ahead For Financials
Bank of America said its provisions against loan losses would come to $3.3 billion in the fourth quarter amid deterioration in consumer real estate and small business loans. Bank of America’s capital ratios continue to decline, and the bank may not resume stock buybacks until 2009. Wachovia, the fifth-largest U.S. bank by market value, said [...]