Tom Petruno

Market Beat

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Recent Columns:
July 19, 2008
Are things really that bad?

July 12, 2008
In a modern financial system, nothing is more frightening than a run on the bank.

June 28, 2008
Small investors constantly are advised to think long-term and to avoid panicking over short-term stock market declines.

June 21, 2008
There are times when almost nothing works for investors. This is one of those times, and it may soon severely test your patience.

June 14, 2008
Repeat something enough and people might actually begin to believe it's true.

May 31, 2008
It would be handy for investors if Wall Street could agree on which decade the U.S. economy is about to relive.

May 24, 2008
Investing in commodities has been a brilliant move in this decade -- so brilliant that the strategy has attracted untold numbers of large and small players, particularly in the last few years.

May 17, 2008
Americans feel lousy about things -- the worst they've felt since Jimmy Carter was president, a new consumer confidence survey shows.

May 3, 2008
The American Funds mutual fund group has gone 77 years without a significant whack from financial regulators, a track record that is a true rarity in the investment business.

April 26, 2008
The stories this week about people hoarding rice at some big-box U.S. retailers had to send at least a slight chill up the spines of Federal Reserve policymakers.