A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when it comes to the US Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimate of the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 on the economy. Is the...
Read MoreWhile one support level after the other of the major US stock market indices is being breached, I have just come across a CNBC interview with top-ranked Louise Yamada of Technical Research Advisors. Louise’s track record...
Read MoreWith global economies and stock markets sliding deeper into the morass, few industries have a field day. Although the financial situation is scary at best, the cartoon industry is thriving on fresh subject material being served...
Read MoreA great deal has been said in the media (and on this blog site) about the performance of stock markets during February. In the face of unrelentingly dismal economic reports, this posts serves to put market movements around the...
Read MoreWarren Buffett’s 32st annual Chairman’s Letter to Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, BRKB) shareholders, released over the weekend, is one of those must-read reports that every serious investor should spend a few minutes...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Niels Jensen*, chief executive partner of London-based Absolute Return Partners. Many of today’s policy proposals start from the view that “greed” and...
Read MoreBattle-weary investors remained skeptical of a banking quick fix and endured more grim economic fodder during the past week, causing US stocks to hit their lowest level since 1997. After the worst January (-8.8%) on record, the...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Paul Kedrosky*, market commentator and venture capitalist who also blogs about financial matters of the day on the Infectious Greed site. Every time the president or his administration makes...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Richard Berner* of Morgan Stanley. Judging by the rebound in inflation breakevens, deflation risks have subsided. Five- and ten-year breakeven inflation rates have bounced sharply, the former...
Read MoreWhile the stock market indices are floundering with multi-year lows, “nationalization” was the key word spooking investor sentiment during the past few days. Also on the video front,...
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