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Local companies sink in market’s first three months
- The first quarter of 2008 wasn’t kind to companies in The Examiner’s Top 10 list of publicly traded firms with a large local presence or investment, as nearly all posted declines in stock price or, at best, held steady.
Retail stock prices reflect sinking consumer spending
- What’s happened to discretionary spending? Local stocks connected to consumer buying tell the story.
Financial, housing stocks besting Legg Mason chief
- Renowned money manager Bill Miller admitted he’s slumping.
Volatile stock market can present opportunities to ‘value investors’
- There seems to be no end to poor economic news these days.
Venture capitalists: Steady ’08 outlook for metro area
- Venture capitalists were more active during the 4th quarter of 2007 than they were during the same period a year earlier and during the 3rd quarter of this year, according to a new survey.
Analyst: Asset managers are ‘lagging’ economic indicators
- Andrew Richards is a stock analyst who covers asset management firms for Morningstar, a Chicago-based investment research firm. Richards spoke to The Examiner last week about the strength of asset managers during an economic slowdown.
Baltimore’s investment companies weathering turbulent market
- Investors know how their portfolios are faring during times of economic uncertainty. But what about the asset managers who oversee investors’ funds?
- Investors know how their portfolios are faring during times of economic uncertainty. But what about the asset managers who oversee investors’ funds?
Market posts first weekly gain of ’08
- There’s no question investors are battling a volatile stock market, but analysts maintain there are profits to be made even in the worst of times.
Stocks unsteady after surprise rate cut
- Just before the opening bell rang out Tuesday on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate more than a week earlier than expected, a move that spiked fears of a recession and sent the stock market plummeting.
- Just before the opening bell rang out Tuesday on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate more than a week earlier than expected, a move that spiked fears of a recession and sent the stock market plummeting.
Area investors focus on software during end of ’07
- Software was the most popular focus of venture capitalists investing in the Washington region during the last three months of 2007.
Grim stock market reflects lack of optimism in U.S. economy
- To say it’s been a rough start to 2008 for investors would be a massive understatement.
Market analysts optimistic about ’08
- After an 8 percent gain in 2007, The Examiner Top 10 looks for another positive year in 2008.
- After an 8 percent gain in 2007, The Examiner Top 10 looks for another positive year in 2008.
Foundation Coal, Constellation yield huge returns for investors
- It’s been an up-and-down year for the U.S. economy, but The Examiner Top 10 held its own in 2007.
- It’s been an up-and-down year for the U.S. economy, but The Examiner Top 10 held its own in 2007.