Currencies in Crisis, Oil Spiking: Time to Buy?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 have staged impressive rallies to begin 2012. As of this morning, the Dow was up more...
We Are All Subprime Now
Over the last 10 years (since year-end 2002), profligate spending in Washington has resulted in a staggering $6.9-trillion increase in debt held by the...
Don’t Let This Mutual Fund Mistake Cost You Thousands
What mutual fund mistake am I talking about? This mistake is so common, chances are you have committed it yourself—before you became a savvy,...
A Recovery in Housing
Has the long anticipated recovery in housing finally arrived? The latest round of economic data on the housing market points toward improvement. On Wednesday,...
The 2012 Stock-Market Outlook
Barron’s released its 2012 stock-market outlook this weekend. In the issue, Barron’s surveyed 10 Wall Street strategists on the outlook for the U.S. stock...
Balance Sheets Deteriorate: Economy to Suffer
The Federal Reserve released its quarterly flow of funds report last week. The Fed’s flow of funds report is one of the most valuable...
The Quiet Bull Market in Oil
While the world’s attention has been focused on Europe, the price of oil has risen more than 33% from its October low. West Texas...
Eurocrats Cry Wolf
It seems as though the half-life of euro-zone bailouts is getting shorter. It was only a month ago that policy makers announced a bailout...
Are Stocks the Best Long-Term Investment?
The two-decade bull market in stocks that ended in 2000 convinced a generation of investors that stocks are the best long-term investment. Dow 36,000...
Not Your Father’s Stock Market
This is not your father’s stock market. Over the last 10 years, the structure of the U.S. equity market has changed drastically. Gone are...