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Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market

Goblin MarketMorning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: 'Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpecked cherries, Melons and…

Tips for Online Investing

Source: Securities and Exchange Commission More Americans are investing in the stock market and many of them are doing so through the Internet. Online brokerages account for approximately 25…

Got a Yen...To Learn About Foreign Exchange?

Source: FDIC Consumer News, Spring 1995. The value of the U.S. dollar has an impact on all our lives, not just those of us who travel abroad. So what does it mean when the dollar is “up”…

International Finance: About Foreign Exchange

About Foreign ExchangeInternational FinanceIntroductionAbout Foreign ExchangeEffect on Imports, Exports, and GDPTrade Deficits: Bad or Good?The International Monetary SystemThe Dollar and the U.S.…

How Do Currency Exchanges Work?

How Do I Exchange Currencies? If you ever travel overseas you will want to exchange some of your money for foreign currency. Or be ready to pay for a bill that is listed in something other than US…

How Does Capital Flight Affect Me?

Anyone who has invested in the stock market - and that's a whopping 43% of American households - can tell you that the American economy is not an island unto itself. Even those who had invested…

Lump Sum vs. “Dollar-cost Averaging”

Since stocks can fluctuate in value constantly, some investors spend time trying to figure out when is the best time to buy or sell. “Dollar-cost averaging” can help reduce risk. You have…

What's the Payoff?

When you buy a share in a mutual fund, you're buying both a share in an investment company and a service from that company (or more accurately, the management company that sponsors it). The…

Holy Man

Director:Stephen HerekWriter:Tom SchulmanTouchstone Pictures; PG; 113 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia, Jon Cryer and Eric McCormack Holy cow…

Massachusetts Bay Company

(Encyclopedia) Massachusetts Bay Company, English chartered company that established the Massachusetts Bay colony in New England. Organized (1628) as the New England Company, it took over the…