Archive for February, 2007

Treasury Yields Move Higher

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

If you’ve been in the investing world for a while, you’ve probably heard about — and dabbled with — writing covered call options on stocks.
When you write a covered call against a stock you own, you sell the right to purchase your shares for a specified strike price at or before a specified future […]

Six Reasons Why My Project Will Fail

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

I don’t know what the outcome of the forex project is going to be. If I had to put a bet on whether or not it was going to eventually succeed, I would have a very tough time deciding. I’m not even sure if I would put the odds of success at 50% at this […]

Market report: Wednesday latest

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

But it later recouped some of its losses as investors tried to figure out if this is the start of a worldwide crash or simply a short-lived major correction.
Stock markets around the world continued to register big falls, with all the major Asian bourses except China’s suffering heavy losses. The region’s biggest stock market, […]

Cheney Targeted in Assassination Attempt

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Cheney Targeted in Assassination Attempt Taliban Says a Suicide Bomber Outside U.S. Air Base in Afghanistan Was Targeting Cheney By JONATHAN KARL
Feb. 27, 2007 - A suicide bomber struck at the main entrance to Bagram air base in Afghanistan today, as Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting.
Immediately after the attack, a red […]

‘Stab at value’ wipes £160m off F&C

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Asset Management, created through a merger last year of the F&C and Isis fund managers, is to cut its and suffer a large drop in profit margins as it attempts to counter a recent exodus of funds under management.
The shares crashed 32p to 175p on the news.
But chief executive Alain Grisay said: […]