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I have $10,000 and four months. Where do I invest?

Question: I have a budget of $10,000 for a stock simulation I'm doing for a business and personal-finance class. What stocks should I invest in to make the most money in four months? -- Matt


Ben Bernanke's Summer Reading List

Ben S. Bernanke was an economist at Stanford and Princeton for more than two decades before he moved to Washington to 2002, first as a member of the Federal Reserve's board of governors, then as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush and finally as Fed chairman since 2006.


Still No Sign of a Double-Dip Recession, Says Adecco CEO

The U.S. jobless rate rose slightly from 9.5 to 9.6 percent in August, but experts are saying this may actually be a good sign for the economy. While the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that unemployment is on the rise, this increase reflects an expanding American workforce, as 550,000 jobless people joined or re-joined the search for employment in August. While economic recovery is still moving at a very slow pace, Tig Gillium, CEO of the largest staffing firm in the


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