What do you do if your 401(k) options are subpar?
USA Today - Some companies offer the option of venturing outside the 401(k) plan’s offerings and investing retirement money in any individual stocks, bonds and funds they select, through a self-directed brokerage account.
Why are the markets down?
Economic Times - The mid-cap and small-cap stocks are the worst hit in this market correction and this is reflected in the performance of mid-cap and small-cap indices.
Planning to invest in equity?
Economic Times - As the Sensex was touching the 21k levels just a few months ago, there were calls to purchase stocks trading at brow raising P/E of 100 or even 200 in some cases.
Australian shares higher on Wall Street lead
Forbes - Resources stocks were higher on record oil and gold prices overnight. Index leader BHP Billiton advanced 74 cents or 2.0 percent to 37.12 dollars, while rival Rio Tinto gained 2.82 dollars or 2.3 percent to 127.32 dollars.
Hong Kong shares outlook - Higher as S&P predicts end of subprime
Forbes - Investors might also be encouraged to buy stocks after US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced plans to strengthen credit rules to avoid the occurrence of another subprime mortgage crisis that wreaked havoc on global financial markets and
More misery here after US bank bail-out
News.com.au - No 1 spot Margin lending: Eddy Groves sued over loans Borrowing costs: Brace for rate rise in May Mortgage meltdown: Wall Street bank on life support US President: Bush on ‘different economic plant’ Volatile trading: Sinking Bear knocks European stocks
Stocks down; bonds, dollar up
Stockhouse Canada - ‘Its 24 years since the old AT&T was broken up,’ notes Roger Conrad in The Utility Forecaster. But you can still invest in the ‘old’ AT&T via the AT&T Equity Income Fund (ASE: ATF). ‘AT&T Equity Income Fund has remained a convenient
Long-term thinking
Economic Times - As you would have noticed in the last couple of months, stocks which have been beaten down heavily are unlikely to regain their old levels in quick time.
Sinosteel in $1.2bn Midwest takeover
News.com.au - CHINESE firm Sinosteel Corporation has launched a $1.2 billion takeover bid for Western Australian iron ore miner Midwest 1. Wall St pulls out of tailspin 2. Mortgage stress hits rich 3. Bears clench jaws on stocks 4. Dollar up on greenback weakness 5.
S&P’s Optimistic Outlook on Financial Crises Sparks Turnaround on Wall
FOX News - On Tuesday, the stock market launched its largest rally in more than five years after the Federal Reserve said it would auction $200 billion in Treasurys to help alleviate investment banks’ financial bind. But since then, stocks have been extremely
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