Currencies have experienced a massive wave of volatility in the past three years. Driving some of that volatility are the early stages of a sovereign debt and currency crisis. As I laid out in my ...

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Thousands of police officers have been laid off all across America since the current economic crisis began.  Thousands more are getting ready to be laid off.  So could we be on the verge of a new ...

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Followers of the magic formula investing system might be interested that Joel Greenblatt has started a $15.6 million dollar hedge fund which will follow the strategy laid out in the book. According ...

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A Long-Term Look At Natural Gas

By Matt Badiali Gazprom, the giant Russian natural gas company, wants to land a whale. If this giant deal goes through, it’ll be more support for the long-term trend we’ve laid out for nat...

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Last week, I laid out some important historical context for establishing a solid perspective on the big picture - a broad view of where the global economy stands and what we should expect going for...

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Whitney Tilson Is Bullish On BP

Whitney Tilson There is an ongoing debate whether British Petroleum (NYSE:BP) is a value stock or a value trap. I laid out the case in a previous article that BP presented an exciting opportunity. Th...

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In a speech in Asia, Bernanke laid out some of his thoughts on the economy as on monetary policy. He believes that the recovery proceeds at a moderate ...

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Still A Lack Of Hiring, Not More Firing

When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported a gain of 290,000 jobs last Friday, it was a net number — the difference between the number of new jobs being created and the number of people ...

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Time For A Permanent Portfolio Using ETFs?

With investors held hostage to government whimsy both here and abroad, coupled with the vagaries of trying to game the market only to be disappointed time and again with one’s best laid investme...

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ARS Investors Targeting Andrew Cuomo

I know fraud when I see it. I also know a miscarriage of justice when I see it. The manner in which auction-rate securities were distributed was a fraud. The manner in which this fraud has been largel...

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