By EconMatters Goldman Sachs has historically been one of the more bullish investment houses on Wall Street, but the firm has recently taken a dark macro view. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 1 that Goldman...
Read MoreBy Charles Rotblut (Guest Post) The deal Warren Buffett made with Bank of America (BAC) was sweeter than many investors may have realized. A special class of 6% Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is being issued to his...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) Six of the eight world markets in our competition finished last week in the green, with the BSE SENSEX as the winner, leading the charge with a 6.14% gain. The Hang Seng and FTSE 100 were in a...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes (Guest Post) My long-time friend and mentor Seymour Schulich forwarded an email to me that puts today’s U.S. government debt mountain startlingly into context. By removing several zeros, one can...
Read MoreBy EconMatters Goldman Sachs has historically been one of the more bullish investment houses on Wall Street, but the firm has recently taken a dark macro view. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 1 that Goldman...
Read MoreBy Willem Weytjens (Guest Post) Buffett has always said that you should find a company that has pricing power that can offer protection in an inflationary environment. What he means with this is you should find companies which...
Read MoreBy Lance Roberts of Streettalk Live (via Doug Short) (Guest Post) Unemployment is potentially set to rise sharply in the coming months. That is a pretty bold claim on the surface and one that flies in the face of both mainstream...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News (Guest Post) The past week in monetary policy saw just 4 central banks review interest rate settings: Belarus increased +500bps to 27.00%, Brazil dropped -50bps to 12.00%, Israel held at 3.25% and Ghana...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams (Guest Post) Nothing else seems to be working for former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, so he thought some anti-China rhetoric might get him some press coverage. I guess it worked, at least as far as CNN is...
Read MoreBy Tim Iacono (Guest Post) The Labor Department reported that the U.S. economy produced a net zero new jobs in August, a figure that was heavily influenced by striking Verizon employees who have since returned to...
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