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...place last May, the market plunged by 10.3% in the space of a week. And for many investors, that was a rude introduction to the basic lesson that what goes up can also come down. Li Xiuzhen, 58, a retired factory worker from Beijing and newbie stock buyer, says her investment fund has shrunk by 40%. Li, who receives monthly pension of $171, has lost $8,571 in recent months. "China's stock market is the biggest gamble," she says. And lately, it's been a losing...
...underground” comics are also a big selling point. In one corner of the store, you can find books of abstract comic art, critically-acclaimed fictional graphic novels, and works of autobiography.The idea of going the extra mile to give information to an interested but uninformed buyer is key to Picnic’s business. “With underground comics, we took a different tack,” Davis says. Take the cult hit series “Eightball,” by Daniel Clowes. “The idea...
Date My House--and HGTV's Sleep On It, which has essentially the same premise--points up the shift in power between buyers and sellers. During the housing boom, it was the buyers who were afraid they might have to date (i.e., rent) forever. Your house was a coy Victorian maiden with eager suitors queuing up in the parlor. Now it's Lily Bart in The House of Mirth, facing squalor and destitution should it fail to find a suitable match. It's a contestant on The Bachelor, competing with a crowd of others and pining for a private date...
...Credit default swaps are insurance-like contracts that promise to cover losses on certain securities in the event of a default. They typically apply to municipal bonds, corporate debt and mortgage securities and are sold by banks, hedge funds and others. The buyer of the credit default insurance pays premiums over a period of time in return for peace of mind, knowing that losses will be covered if a default happens. It's supposed to work similarly to someone taking out home insurance to protect against losses from fire and theft...
...Except that it doesn't. Banks and insurance companies are regulated; the credit swaps market is not. As a result, contracts can be traded - or swapped - from investor to investor without anyone overseeing the trades to ensure the buyer has the resources to cover the losses if the security defaults. The instruments can be bought and sold from both ends - the insured and the insurer...