Archive for the ‘Government’ Category

How is it that Obama inherited a failing stock market from Bush ?

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

JL asked: The facts clearly show the stock market on a steady climb from 2004 - 2008 until the election of Obama. The facts also show the market climbing from Bush's election in 2001 until it dropped after 9/11. The numbers just don't lie folks.EVERETT

How can the federal reserve help the stock market from crashing?

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

RickyRicardo23 asked: I dont understand this. In my economics class we are learning about the financial crises and how things work but i see no correlation between the federal reserve bank and the stock market. Can anyone clear this up for me?JOSE

Could the United States function without the stock market?

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

go go GODZILLA asked: People are so worried about the stock market, it is always dropping, and I know my 401(k) lost a lot of "money" lately but could the US function without the stock market? How differently would things be if the stock market was abolished? Do businesses really ...