<![CDATA[Jezebel: Stock Market]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Stock Market]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/stock market http://jezebel.com/tag/stock market <![CDATA[Mysterious Phenomena Called 'Feelings' Make Ladies Better At Investing]]> Research suggests that the global financial system would be in better shape if Wall Street's risk taking big swinging dicks were replaced with financially prudent big swinging vaginas; women, it seems, are better equipped to handle investment decisions without making a big mess of things. And the reason women make better investors than men? Their lady emotions. Quick, someone install 500 officially licensed Twilight fainting couches on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5863019&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Erin Burnett, Peggy Noonan Bear Witness To The Collapse Of The Economy... And McCain]]> Another Friday, another week in which our country tumbles into financial ruin, the Presidential race tumbles further into the gutter and some Americans tumble further into an ugly, inexplicable, terrifying rage...so who better to try and soothe me with assertions about how it all doesn't matter because we're just going to end up scrounging for change on the street anyway than Moe Tkacik? We both crush a little on Erin Burnett and David Faber, but then descend into a chaos more poignant than that to which we pay witness to on CNBC or at McCain/Palin rallies. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5061598&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It's The End Of The World As You Know It, But He Feels Fine]]>
  • In the wake of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing and the Merrill Lynch buyout, the Dow dropped 504 points, or 4.4%. By the way, unless you've got more than $100,000 in one of them or money in the market you're going to need soon (or are reliant on Merrill, Lehman or AIG for your employment), you're probably going to be fine. [Washington Post]
  • Which John McCain knows is because the fundamentals of the market are strong. Unless you're talking about its regulatory oversight or structure, in which case he and Palin will totes fix that right away but that's not a market fundamental. [Washington Post]
  • By "fundamentals," by the way, he meant your ability to work long hours without overtime or extra pay. [Huffington Post]
  • If you buy McCain's rhetoric, by the way, Obama's got a bridge in Alaska he wants to sell you. [Daily Kos]
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