admin on 11 16, 2010 | No Comments
For those of you who follow the news then you know how bad the underlying fundamentals have been. Just recently though we have seen some significant news comes out of Europe that could act as a dr
Read Moreadmin on 11 3, 2010 | No Comments
For those of you long term readers, you may remember my interest (no pun intended) in watching the Fed's movement in the bond market vs interest rates. My overall thesis was pretty simple, che
Read Moreadmin on 10 8, 2010 | No Comments
This is the sad state of our political country.  A month before elections McDonald's and 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers. So if you are a big company and you employ aÂÂ
Read Moreadmin on 10 6, 2010 | No Comments
Great article from Paul B. Farrell. For those of you that want to continue to view the market with rose colored glasses, don't read this! Here are a couple of highlights: This appears near th
Read Moreadmin on 09 23, 2010 | No Comments
Since I was in my college finance classes, the one thing that has been drilled into my head about investing is to diversify. The traditional method of diversification is dead as we know it.  H
Read Moreadmin on 09 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
This is not a new concept, but this should be understood by every person thinking that they will get back everything that they put into Social Security. First, Social Security was designed to
Read Moreadmin on 09 7, 2010 | No Comments
More than 400 US Banks Will Fail: Roubini Here is an article from CNBC. I have repeatedly mentioned the banks. An interesting point that Roubini makes is that the large banks are backstopped
Read Moreadmin on 08 31, 2010 | No Comments
An article and graph on the bank problem list. If anyone really believes it is getting better, we merely have to look at the cold hard facts. http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/31/news/companies/
Read Moreadmin on 08 8, 2010 | 6 Comments
Extend and Pretend – August Surprise – QE 2 – Quantitative Easing – Who comes up with this stuff? Are we on the eve of the next round of manipulation aka “Extend and
Read Moreadmin on 08 8, 2010 | 4 Comments
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has a pattern of in engaging in half-truths and outright lies. His track record of lying goes way back to when he was a well-paid liar for the Bush Administration. N
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