Author: Scott Redler

Shares of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE:POT) are trading lower after Canadian authorities said last night they will not support the $39 billion bid (~$130 per share) from BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP) for the company....

Yesterday’s QE 2 announcement has come and gone, and now we will see how the market feels about the $600 billion dollar easing package. Early returns are positive for equities (at the expense of the dollar), with futures...

US Futures are trading up 1% following the Fed’s announcement for QE 2.0 yesterday in the amount of $600 billion. Republicans also handily captured majority in the House of Representatives and gained seats in the Senate....

QE2 is out of the bag, and the result is $600 billion in treasury purchases, or $75b a month until such action is deemed unnecessary or inadequate. The $600b figure is interesting, and I don’t think it is a coincidence the...

For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September confirms that the pace of recovery in output and employment continues to be slow. Household spending is increasing gradually,...

Being a professional trader requires a great deal of energy. Like all professionals, there will be times when you are expected to perform at a high level when you feel less than at the peak of your powers. Psychological and...

Here is the epic rap battle the Streets have been buzzing about between John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek. Nobel Prize winning economists, CEOs, fund managers, central bankers and politicians gathered at The Economist...

Likely new House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)Election results are in! The GOP scored massive wins across the country to regain a strong majority in the House of Representatives, while the Democrats held onto the Senate. As...

The mass media often finds itself in one big feedback loop, and the latest fixation for financial talking heads is the notion that political gridlock is good for the markets. In today’s elections, Republicans are expected...