Finance and Markets news

Spider Man asked:


Madoff perpetrated largest investor fraud ever committed by a single person using his Ponzi scheme.

Are these unfortunate events going to perpetuate the 2 thousand year old stereotypes?

boombooshik asked:


He stole money from rich millionaires who obviously had more money than sense. Serves them right, if you ask me.

Bernard Madoff should be applauded.

Johnny asked:


The Dow is composed of 30 stocks, but when GM goes down 5% in 1 day, how is it determined how many ‘points’ off the Dow that is?

jbelly767 asked:


Do I need to buy actual shares of the Dow or do I have to invest through a mutual fund? Could I invest in the Dow by something like the sharebuilder website?

Kevin S asked:


I keep coming across brilliant things such as of course the Dow Industrial Index and other indexes, the Wall Street Journal, Marketwatch.com, and my favorite broker TradeKing.com. What other amazing things are out there from Dow Jones?

Mr Hairball [retired] asked:


What do people think of the Bernard Madoff sentence? Is it long enough? Too short? Should there be other things that should happen like liquidating any & all assets? What is your view?

Aaron Q asked:


I was wondering if anyone knows if the tickets for Michael Jackson’s shows in London will be sold in Northern Ireland. If anyone could help I would be very grateful. Also does anyone know if he will be performing any songs with his brothers?