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Why Volatility Matters

5 August, 2010

Young investors pondering whether to put some of their money into the markets now could be forgiven for feeling a bit confused. The stock markets are awfully jittery these days, with shares and indices shooting back and forth without any apparent relation to underlying fundamentals.

Volatility, in other words, is high. The term is essentially a measure of how much an asset’s price moves in a given period – a low-volatility bond might not go up or down more than a tenth of a percent in one day, while a high-volatility stock could shoot up or down 10s or even 100s of percentage points.

There are even indexes, like the Volatility S&P 500 (VIX) which allow investors to track and place bets on how jumpy the markets will be. Full Post…

Adventures Bike Shop Sets in Motion Partnership With U-Haul

4 August, 2010


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BLUEFIELD, W.Va., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Richard and Mary Mullins, owners of Adventures Bike Shop, located at 4009 E. Cumberland Rd., recently added UHaul truck and trailer rentals to the full-service bicycle shop.

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Government scraps retirement age

1 August, 2010

The default retirement age (DRA) is to be abolished by October next year under new proposals put forward by the government.

Currently employers can make staff retire at 65 regardless of their circumstances. The new plans allow for a six-month transition from the existing regulations, following the announcement in the Budget that the DRA would be phased out from April 2011.

These measures, says the government, will help and encourage people to work for longer against ‘the backdrop of demographic change’. Others include reviewing when the state pension age should increase to 66 and re-establishing the link between earnings and the basic state pension. The

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High executioners

31 July, 2010

CHINA executes more of its own citizens than any other country, and more than all others in the world combined. “Thousands” of Chinese were executed in 2009 according to Amnesty International’s annual study, which states that an exact number is impossible to determine because information on the death penalty is regarded as a state secret. But this gruesome record may yet change. The National People’s Congress is reported to be reducing the number of offences that are punishable by execution. Amo

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Hundreds of Nissan Z® Enthusiasts Descend on Nashville for 23rd Annual International Z® Car Convention

29 July, 2010


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FRANKLIN, Tenn., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Hundreds of Nissan Z® enthusiasts are expected to descend on Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) headquarters this week for the 23rd Annual International Z® Car Convention in Nashville.  This year marks the 40th anniversary of the original Datsun 240Z.  One of the highlights of the convention, which runs from July 28th through August 1st, will be a day-long car show on Saturday on the front lawn of Nissan’s recently opened headquarters building in Franklin, Tennessee.

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