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Friday, May 17, 2013

April 2013 Financial News and Resources

1. Apple began paying a dividend again in 2012 -- the first in 17 years!  


2. Jobless rates plummet in states with housing recovery  

3. Germany, IMF used atomic bomb to shoot pigeon, says Cyprus negotiator

4. Bank of America profit quadruples as expenses, provisions fall  

5. What to watch: Add Twitter to market risk factors?  

6. Pew: 93% of households lost net worth 2009-11  

7. Professors embrace pop culture to teach economics  

8. At Work: Perfection is not the goal in a job interview  

9. Investors worry bull market is running out of steam  

10. Apple stock briefly dips below $400  

11. The AP's false tweet wiped out $136 billion from the S&P 500 in about two minutes |

12. U.S. economy has recovered for households with net worth above $500,000: Pew |  

13. Ten countries including China accounted for 75% of the world's cyber attacks last quarter |  

14. Remember when fake tweets about the death of Bashar al-Assad made the price of WTI crude spike?  

15. American companies the five biggest in the world for first time in eight years |  

16. All three major U.S. indexes add more than 1% on strong corporate earnings. Dow jumps 152 points.  

17. At beginning of your career? Now's the time to create a solid plan for investing & saving. The world is your oyster.  

18. Ron Paul On Bitcoin: 'If I Can't Put It In My Pocket, I Have Some Reservations'  

19. The 45 Best Restaurants In America by  

20. GOLDMAN SACHS: All The Notable Bubbles In History In One Chart  

21. The Boston Bombing Was The Most Closely Followed News Story Since The Financial Collapse  

22. People talk about market averages (e.g. average P/E ratios) but historically, markets rarely trade close to averages:  

23. "Not one investor in today's market practicing legitimate buy and hold in a low-cost index fund has ever lost money."  

24. Gas prices usually increase in summer -- but this year could change that. Why you might pay less at the pump:  

25. What Apple's current stock price can teach you about a common investing mistake:  

26. Market crashes are perfectly normal -- 25 important things to remember as an investor:  

27. Americans spend an estimated 6.1 billion hours per year preparing their taxes:  

28. Did you know that the annual cost of tax preparation totals far more than the government spends on education: