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Little Laughs!

What is the worst kind of cat?
CAT-astro-phe !

What do you get when you cross snowman with vampire
Frost-Bite.

What kind of air can you breath?
Billionaire.

Why did Dino go to the hospital?

Because he was (Dino) "Saur".

How do you make eleven even?

Take away the "el."

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How do you make seven even?

Take away the "s"

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Why did the chicken cross the railroad track?

Because it wanted to get to the Chick train.

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What is a duck on the 4th of July?

A Fire-Quacker!!

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Knock, Knock...Who is there?Banana...Banana who? Banana...Banana who?Banana...Banana who? Apple...Aren't you glad I didn't say banana?

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Are you 5?

No! I am not 5! I am 4.95 plus shipping and handling!

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Knock knock...Who is there? Panther!Panther, who? PantH-or-no-PantH I am going Thwiming!

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Laughs above are credited to kids and various sources.

Business fun facts!

Over $18 Trillion a year is spend on Consumer Goods worldwide. Women account for almost two third of it. Just think about this women power!

Did you know the ancestry of American people? It is a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world. This trend continues today. These immigrants make the America great, including best in business.

There are over 300 million Americans. Ancestry of Americans include approximately Germans over 14%, African American 12%, Irish 12%, English 8%, Mexican 8%, Italian 6%, Hispanic 5%, French 4%, Polish Scottish, Dutch, Norwegian, Scotch-Irish, Native American, and Swedish are between 1-3% but add up to 11%. The rest are from other countries.

About US housing

At the end of 2008 approximately 7 out of 10 people in the US owned a home. The US population is over 300 million.

In 2008, $3.3 Trillion was the total loss in value for the US housing market. In early 2006 housing market value was close to $9.4 Trillion.

Not so fun fact…there are over 15 million home owners with questionable mortgage loans. Experts believe that 2/3 or over 10 million have potential of foreclosure...but this number is going down

The DOW crosses 17,100 -- A record high

The DOW was up 149 points or 0.88%, the S&P500 was up 8 points or 0.42%, and NASDAQ was down 9 points or 0.21% for the week ending July 18th. The oil declined 4.03 to $96.46 per barrel.

This week companies continued to report better-than-expected second quarterly financials results. For example, banks such as Citigroup (Ticker C, Goldman Sachs (GS),JPMorgan Chase (Ticker JPM), and Bank of America (Ticker BAC) reported strong profits. Other major businesses, such as, Intel (Ticker INTC), Google (Ticker GOOG) also reported better-than-expected profits.

Investors are also encouraged by increasing Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) activity and see it as a sign that businesses are now seeing opportunities to grow into new areas by buying other businesses. Read below what is M&A?

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What is Mergers & Acquisition (M&A)? What is a Merger? Volume 49.

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	What is Currency and Foreign Currency Exchange rate? Volume 14. What is stronger or weaker currency? Volume 20. What does the dollar slide mean? Volume 32.

	How does money grow in a bank? Volume 21.

	What is Fed Funds rate and Discount rate? Volume 22

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	How to read stock information? Volume 25.

	What is "Black Monday"...Crash of 87"? Volume 31.

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	What is a Recession? What is a Depression? Volume 48.

Compare the Great Depression and the 2008 Recession Source-CNN, Federal Reserve, Commerce Department, and estimates	Compare the Great Depression to the 2008 Recession? Volume 114.

	What is Mergers & Acquisition (M&A)? What is a Merger? Volume 49.

ADR (American Depository Receipts)	What is ADR? Volume 62.

	What does buying back of shares means? Volume 63.

	Why is consumer confidence so important? Volume 64.

	A fun way to start a Lemonade Stand and Learn about Business too! Volume 142.

	What is Supply and Demand? Volume 177.

	What is Q.E. - Quantitative Easing? Volume 343.

	Who is working and who is not? Volume 354.

	Do you remember September 2008 (after 5-Yrs) and what is the status of government loans (TARP) Volume 355.

	Which country is in heavy debt...see the debt as % of GDP by countries? Volume 358.

	What is US debt ceiling, which president helped to create this debt, who do we owe this money? Volume 360.

	What is "Taper" or "Fed Tapering of Q.E." means? Volume 369.

	What was your stock pick performance in 2013, 2012...2007? Volume 374.

	Who is the new Federal Reserve Chair? Volume 382.
	What is expansions and contractions in Service and Manufacturing? Volume 389

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**July 14-18**, 2014

**Weekly** **Stock Market**
Markets Up or Down? Random Walk of stocks? Buy Low? or Sell High?
Index	Change	Last
_DOW	Up 149	_17,100
_S&P500	_{Up 8}	1,978
_NASDAQ	_{Down 9}	_4,432

**Foreign Exchange Rate**

**$1 is equal to**
Currency	Change	Last
Euro (€) European Union	0.00	0.74
Yen (¥) Japan	-0.03	101.35
Pound (£) United Kingdom	0.00	0.59
Yuan () China	0.00	6.21
Rupee (Rs.) India	-0.41	60.44
Canadian (C$) Canada	0.00	1.07

**Your Favorite Stocks**
Company	Bought one stock in Jan-14	This week stock is?	Your gain or loss?
	$76.40	$85.81	$9.77
	$60.96	$66.17	$5.21
	$96.81	$98.99	$2.18

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