Following Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s “nuclear option” announcement of last week, the action stayed on Capitol Hill with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlining his Public-Private Investment Program as...
Read MoreIt is important that confidence be restored for the recent stock market gains to be more enduring. A few comments regarding this issue are highlighted in this post. As shown in Sunday’s “Words from the Wise”...
Read MoreGiven how critical Nouriel Roubini (RGE Monitor) has been in the past regarding various government plans to fix the US economy, his take on the administration’s new plan to buy toxic assets is surprisingly positive. The...
Read MoreFurther to my recent articles on China (”China – better days ahead” and “China – rising to the occasion“), a few comments from Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management,...
Read MoreThe comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. As we have said before, it is not the points gained or lost that matter, but rather the conviction behind the move. Monday’s internals did not disappoint, with...
Read MorePhew – what a week! What an announcement! The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday left the Fed funds range unchanged at zero to 0.25%, but stunned the financial markets with an announcement that it would...
Read MoreThis is a guest contribution by Michael Lewis*. Last September the U.S. government began to dole out the first of $173 billion to American International Group. A big chunk of it passed right through to banks that had bought...
Read MoreFinancial markets were dominated this week by the announcement by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to buy as much as $300 billion of long-term Treasuries and acquire an additional $750 billion of mortgage-backed securities. On the...
Read MoreBennet Sedacca sadly passed away on Tuesday after slipping on a staircase and suffering a fatal brain injury. He was not only a regular contributor to the Investment Postcards site, but also a personal friend. We mourn this...
Read MoreThe comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. On March 10 we said: “Market internals (i.e. the number of advancers to decliners and up volume to down volume) on today’s advance were the most bullish...
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