Monthly Archives: October, 2010
Bernanke Outsources Monetary Policy to Wall Street
Fed Asks Dealers to Estimate Size, Impact of Debt Purchases - Rebecca Christie and Craig Torres, Bloomberg
You can’t make this stuff up. The Fed...
The Takeaway from Buffett’s Decision to hire Todd A. Combs
This week, Berkshire Hathaway announced that Todd A. Combs would be joining Berkshire as an investment manager and likely successor to Warren Buffett in...
TIPS Signal Higher Inflation
The bond market made history this week: investors paid to lend the government money. The government may want to throw a parade. Investors shouldn’t....
Stock Returns at Half the Risk
Including dividends, the S&P 500 is now up 7.5% YTD. Not bad. At a 7.5% compounded annual return, you would double your money every...
Featured Video: CNBC Interview with UPS CEO Scott Davis
UPS has its finger on the pulse of the U.S. economy. The company moves 6% of U.S. GDP each day. UPS’s quarterly earnings reports...