House passes climate change bill… Byron King on what it means for America’s energy future… Don’t ignore Iran… how their crisis could affect your portfolio… Millionaires migrating… The 5 charts the great wealth shift of 2009-2013… Madoff gets 150 years… and the SEC gets more money?
Fed sees the bright side… Bernanke says worst it over, inflation not a worry… Warren Buffett can’t see any green shoots… even after eye surgery… Alan Knuckman on how to survive a sideways stock market… Byron King says now’s a good time to book profits on this sector… Housing still out of whack… one chart foreshadows the market’s next move…
States on the brink… hard numbers on another crisis yet to come… Chris Mayer on a recent energy crossroads, centuries in the making… The end of an impressive streak… popular commodity rises for 54 days in a row… Commodities and stocks sell off… Rob Parenteau on what’s gotten into Mr. Market… Plus, Dan Amoss on the credit crisis: Can the free market be blamed?
Stocks fall again… Rob Parenteau on what it will take to move markets higher… Are U.S. equities turning Japanese? Two charts that might have you thinking so… The ultimate indicator? One d-list data point that’s marked the end of recessions since 1970… President, mainstream media wake up to debt dilemma… our executive sounds off… Plus, a sector still “growing explosively,” despite the recession…
Rice rationing redux? Chris Mayer on the return of rising food prices… Dan Amoss on what the Fed says versus what the Fed does… Russia sings dollar’s praises, dollar bulls stampede… Chuck Butler looks past the rhetoric… China’s latest resource grab… Iraqi oil… America’s best-selling car… with an MSRP of $60…
American markets at a standstill… can the Far East drive stocks forward? … Chris Mayer on buying “what China needs, but can’t make for itself” … Dan Denning’s pair trade for the next decade … Bill Bonner and Goldman Sach’s CEO on the current “bull market” … Plus, a CEO pay debate fills our inbox… your letters and our response, below…
Brother, can you spare half a million? Your family’s (new and improved) share of U.S. debt… GM officially kaput… the dirty details and a brief rant, below… Markets hit a critical “pivot point,” says Rob Parenteau… The one number from China that’s boosting stocks, commodities and currencies today… Plus, two good reasons to buy a precious metal… especially silver
Should U.S. debt still garner a AAA? One agency shows first signs of downgrade… Alan Knuckman offers “the most important indicator” in today’s market… Chris Mayer’s pair trade “the financial crisis will not undo”… Obama’s latest intervention… how the government plans to fix the derivatives market… A tech industry Patrick Cox says “you want to own” right now
More bad news for housing… one chart shows the bottom could still be far away…Credit crunch slams entitlements… demise of Social Security, Medicare now years closer…Stocks suffer… Bill Jenkins on the “surprise” data behind today’s sell-off…Jim Nelson shares one of “the world’s most exciting growth industries”…Plus, Byron King’s taking profits… a sector worth selling, right now
China has overtaken the U.S. in yet another category of global influence this morning. This time it’s Brazil. China is now Brazil’s No. 1 trading partner, snapping a nearly 80-year tradition of Brazil depending primarily on exports to America.
