Articles from August 2007

Cash for Comments

CNBC’s still asleep and I’m trying to figure out why I went in to work at 6 am today. It does help me catch up reading other blogs and not just investment blogs. One blog I found was Cash for Comments. From what I gather, the blog owner, Prija, will give you [...]

Google CFO George Reyes to Retire

Google’s CFO, George Reyes, has announced that he is retiring. Reyes will remain with Google until a replacement is found. The following was a statement released by Google:
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – August 28, 2007 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that George Reyes has informed the company of his intention to retire [...]

Down Days of Summer

So much for the lazy days of summer. After a few sessions of relatively quiet trading, the Dow appears to be down 260 points with 10 minutes left in trading. Housing reports plus rumors of a recession helped the sell off today. We’ll see how the last 10 minutes go by in [...]

Slow Day

It’s been a slow day out on the market. Housing reports came in this morning and investors appeared to have mixed reactions. Existing home sales dropped again, marking the fifth-straight month it has done so. Unsold home inventories rose by 5.1% last month. Median prices of homes also fell from $230k [...]

Portfolio Progress – Week of August 27, 2007

The dog days of summer finally arrived on Wall Street this week. After the surprise discount rate cut last Friday, the market climbed most of the week, having one of the best weeks of the year. Investors still appeared to be skittish with the credit worries as shown by the fairly light trading [...]