Investment Blog November Archive

Loyal shareholders suffer

11/16/08 02:16

The economy might be griefing over companies dying these days, but nobody is more directly affected than the shareholders who have invested in the aforementioned companies.

For some companies, shareholders might walk away happy if the company they invested in got sold to another one for a premium. For some others, however, the story is much more bleak. Sadly, those who were left with nothing are the loyal ones who stayed until the very end.

Link: Jon Talton | WaMu's loyal shareholders left holding the empty bag | Seattle Times Newspaper

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The Economic Domino Effect

The global economic recession which started in the United States of America has truly caught up with the market. It's effect is undeniably a major issue to common people or the unemployed. A testimony to this "economic domino" is the growing population of people continuing to draw unemployment benefits and retailing companies posting a decline on their sales. To learn more about the bout that the market is taking from the weakening economy, read the rest here:

Link: Markets feeling the pain as the economy weakens - The Boston Globe