--Find 4 current events (1 dealing with taxes, 1 dealing with credit cards, 1 dealing with stock market, and 1 dealing with some section of the economy.)
--1-2 sentence update on your portfolio in our stock market competition.
--comment on 2 classmate's posts.
The Stock market keeps going back and forth between small gains and losses.
ReplyDeleteMy stocks are doing terrible I seem to be losing money everyday for the past week or so. Hopefully it will go back up soon.
ReplyDeleteWell my stocks are doing terrible for now. They will come back some day though.
ReplyDeleteMy stocks are bad they keep dropping a lot. Hopefully they will start rising again.
ReplyDeletehttp://travel.usatoday.com/news/story/2011/03/Travelers-fume-over-credit-card-currency-conversion-fees/45149186/1
ReplyDeleteTravelers are getting mad because they face conversion rates when using a credit card overseas.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11054748/1/stock-market-story-march-22.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN
Tuesdays markets are trading slightly higher from a surge in Japanese stocks. The tsunami has affect the markets everywhere
http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/question-day-229/topics/should-online-retailers-required-charge?commentid=2245480
Walmart and Target are mad at Amazon because you don't have to pay sales tax. I use that site alot
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-22/buffett-says-u-s-economy-is-getting-better-month-by-month.html
Warren Buffet says the global economy will bounce back by the end of the month from the tsunami
1. The stock market has crashed because of the situation in Japan.
ReplyDelete2. Experts say that you should buy a car now if your going to because they believe the price of cars and are going to increase.
3. A man tries to pay his $6500 credit card debit in pennies.
4.Sen Claire McCaskill forgot to pay her personal property taxes for four years and owed over $300,000 because of the private plane her and her husband partial own.
my stocks are doing terrible. I am currently in 12th place.
Taxes- Wal-Mart, Target and other large retailers are ratcheting up a political campaign to force Amazon.com to collect sales taxes
ReplyDeleteCredit Cards- Government wants a complete picture of card history before you apply.
Stock Market-Stocks stepped back after a three-day rally Tuesday as investors absorbed weaker readings on home prices and regional manufacturing.
Economy- Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto said today she sees the U.S. economy continuing to expand at a ‘moderate pace.”
cnn, nytimes
My portfolio has stayed the same but the stocks have been going down everytime i look. I have stayed towards the bottom most the time.
taxes: An Alaskan lawmaker wants to take away the right for public employees to bargain for hours, benefits, and working conditions.
ReplyDeletecredit cards: A man tries paying his $6,500 credit card bill in pennies.
stock market: The US stock markets are starting to go back up since the earthquake in Japan.
economy: Apple used Amazon for using the term "appstore" to sell applications for phones and other electronics.
Obama had a new Tax policy. Said that he was going to help the normal people. When everything settles the people will actually have to pay more money then thought.
ReplyDeleteStocks are wavering while the investors are taking a break from him. After a third rally season the stocks are going down.
A Heartland Payment Service, a company that processes credit and debit card transactions had a major security breach in October of 2008. The company didn't realize it till recently. Many accounts were stole and changed. They didn't understand why the accounts were compromised.
Gas Prices have jumped seven cents a gallon over the past 2 weeks. It is now 75 cents more then last year this time. The prices will still remain to continue over time.
Good find Jacob amazon is just hated.
ReplyDeleteI hope your stocks come back to Brole.
Keisha- The stock markets are starting to go up again.
ReplyDeleteNate- Amazon is also being sued by Apple because they used the term "appstore".
1. Filing taxes has become easier as technology advances because there are apps on phones that can be downloaded. With these apps you can track your refund and even file your taxes from your phone.
ReplyDelete2. Trying to make a point a guy paid for a bill in all pennies after getting them in rolls from the bank. The bill was $6,500.
3. U.S. stockes were seesawing early Tuesday morning. There were slight gains and also some losses that took places in the stock market.
4.The Department of Homeland Security launched a new program Monday that will allow people in the United States to make sure they are legally eligible for employment before they look for jobs.
In the stock market competition I am in 6th place at the time being. I have a balance of $97,865.47 and a gain of -2.1%.
1.Obama;s budget is going to reduce by $2.3 trillion over the next 10 years. It is mostly due to tax cuts.
ReplyDelete2.The five cities that have the biggest increase in credit card debt last year are Columbus, Evansville, Des Moines, Shreveport, and Spokane.
3.The stocks have gone from small increases to small decreases yesterday and today. The NASDAQ composite fell 5 points.
4.People have been complaining that Bernanke's loose policy will cause a crazy inflation. The dollar index has reached a low and inflation is expecting to increase.
I'm currently in first place. If i sold all of my stock right now I would make $2,569.72. Under Armour is my best stock right now.
1. Theres a big campaign being pushed by wal-mart, target and other big stores to charge taxes on things that amazon and online stores sell.
ReplyDelete2.Law makers are trying to get rid of a swipe fee on credit cards. It would cut fees by 70%.
3.After a while of being in the dumps the stock markets are rising slowly. Japan is stabilizing a little which is helping.
4.The U.S. economy has been slowly getting better over the past year. THe jobless rate has gone down and things are getting better.
CURRENT EVENTS
-The stock market has seesawed between small gains and loses tuesday morning (CNN.com).
ReplyDelete-Trump says china is ripping off US and tax will force negotiations on currency (CNN.com).
-Travelers face extra fees when they use there credit cardin foreign countries (usatoday.com).
-The dollar is loosing power because of inflation (CNN.com).
My stocks have been doing terrible.
Cheyenne good to know that car prices are expected to raise. Maybe I can get my parents to buy me a car now :)
ReplyDeleteCheyenne- Some stocks have slight gains in the market today though as well.
ReplyDeleteJill- Yes, the stocks are slowly starting to gain again after the earthquake.
Nate- I have been at the bottom of stock competition the whole time as well.
ReplyDeleteJr- i hope the stocks go up as well.
My stocks have been declining, but I have stayed in the same spot pretty much the whole time.
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