Cheeseburger in Paradise
Your financial freedom is at the mercy of a politicized Federal Reserve seemingly more interested in recapitalizing big Wall Street banks than helping you...
Bottom Fishing the Stock Market
Markets are bullish, as new highs on the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ outpaced news lows by 8 to 1 last week. A total of...
The Bernanke Show
The Federal Reserve made history this week by holding its first-ever post-meeting news conference. Not surprisingly, it was an anticlimactic event. Chairman Bernanke was...
Dow in Dollars and Gold
This week the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to 12,700, about where it was three years ago. You’re back to even, right? Not really....
Home Prices Back at Recession Lows
The February Case-Shiller home price indices were released today. The 20-city composite fell 1.1% for the month and is down 3.3% over the last...
Low Fliers
The airline industry has predictably been hit hard by recently elevated oil prices. AMR and Delta Air, along with jet leasing company Air Lease...
Fun with Charts
Fun with Charts: Fed Chairman Bernanke’s approval rating or just an inverted silver chart?
The Raging Bull Market in Silver
Silver hit a new all-time high this morning. Silver has risen over 144% since August 31. Why are we measuring from August 31? The...
Dollar Crashes to Record Low
Scott Pelley: “You have what degree of confidence in your ability to control ?”
Ben Bernanke: “100%” – 60 Minutes 12/5/2010
The U.S. dollar took another...
Still No Recovery in Housing
March data for housing starts, building permits, and existing home sales came out this week. All three economic indicators continue to point to a...