Posts Tagged ‘
Obama ’
Nov 14th, 2008 |
By Adam Lass |
Category: Financial News
Charitable as the thought might be, Washington simply doesn’t have deep enough pockets to bail out every deadbeat. Did you really think it would stop at a mere trillion for the banks?
Tags: Adam Lass, AIG, AXP, Bailout, Distressed Assets, Economic Policies, GJM, Global Recession, MET, Obama
Posted in Financial News |
Nov 12th, 2008 |
By Dave Gonigam |
Category: Financial News
DR readers might have been alarmed to read Dan Amoss‘ warning in yesterday’s edition that, “Some in Congress are floating a proposal to steal your 401(k), sell the proceeds, and invest in ‘government-guaranteed’ retirement accounts.” Alarming especially to folks reading about it for the first time. So let’s go into a little more depth.
Tags: 401k reform, credit crisis, Dave Gonigam, economics, Obama, politics, retirement plans
Posted in Financial News |
Nov 10th, 2008 |
By Rick Pendergraft |
Category: Real Estate Investments
Rick Pendergraft says we won’t see an economic recovery before one of the housing, auto or labour markets stabilize. Friday’s nasty unemployment data and earnings reports from GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F ) suggest that our hopes are resting on real estate.
Tags: American Economy, auto industry, Chrysler, Consumer Confidence, Earnings Reports, Economic Recovery, Employment Reports, Ford, Gm, Holiday Shopping, Housing Market, Labour Markets, Obama, Rick Pendergraft, Treasury Secretary, Unemployment Data, US housing crisis, US Jobless Rate, US recession, US stocks
Posted in Real Estate Investments |
Nov 5th, 2008 |
By Steve McDonald |
Category: Financial News
Congratulations on a long well fought race. Now, “fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.” The classic line from Betty Davis seems appropriate. No matter who won this race, they were inheriting a hell of a mess. No need to go into detail, just the list is daunting enough.
Tags: Auto Manufacturers, Banking Crisis, Energy Policy, Energy Sectors, Health Care Industry, Obama, Steve McDonald, US debt, US recession
Posted in Financial News |
Jul 12th, 2008 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Featured, Financial News
It has all the hallmarks of a political thriller: Washington lobbyists, political pressure and money… lots of money
Were, as The New York Times reports today, Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), which guarantee about $6 trillion dollars in US home loans, unduly “insulated” by Capitol Hill?
Did Congress make it implicit to the companies that any losses would be guarenteed with taxpayers’ hard-won cash?
Tags: Bill Bonner, C, credit crisis, Dan Denning, FAE, FRE, Mccain, Obama, subprime, US recession
Posted in Featured, Financial News |
Jun 16th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Politics & Economics
Investors better keep an eye on bonds this week.While the stock market may be more fun to follow, fixed income is often a stronger gauge of investor expectations of the economy, future U.S. Federal Reserve policy, and inflation.
Tags: , Bernanke, Big Oil, BSC, BUD, CPX, DOW, ECB, energy prices, Fed rate hikes, Food Prices, GOOG, GPMFC, INBEVNV, John Mccain, LEH, MCD, MSFT, Obama, Opec, paulson, Shanghai Composite Index, SPLS, Trichet, US cpi, US inflation, US ppi, YHOO
Posted in Politics & Economics |
Jun 12th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Politics & Economics
Really, could the Demos & Repubs have nominated two more energy-illiterate candidates?
Tags: , Anwr, corn, Corn Market, Corn Weather, Developing Resources, economics, energy, Energy Problems, Energy Standpoint, Kevin Kerr, Mccain, Obama, politics, resources
Posted in Politics & Economics |
Jun 4th, 2008 |
By Dan Denning |
Category: International Investing
Good morning Australia. It’s another triple digit mid-day decline on the Dow. Is this the Obama Rally?
Tags: , aussie dollar, Australia, Australian Stock, Bric, china, Deficit, energy, Financial Stocks, International Investing, Lehman Brothers, LNG, Miners, Obama, Rba, Stock Prices
Posted in International Investing |
May 26th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
When U.S. Department of Energy analysts told you more than a month ago that gasoline prices would peak at about $4 a gallon around Memorial Day, we told you they were wrong. Gas prices, we said, were destined to head much, much higher.
Tags: Bernanke, BJ, Consumer Confidence, COST, Costco Wholesale Corp, energy prices, fed, Ford, gas prices, HD, home prices, HPQ, inflation, Obama, Oil Prices, recession, Sears Holdings, Sears Holdings Corp, SHLD, TGT, TIF, Weak Dollar
Posted in Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |
May 22nd, 2008 |
By Dave Gonigam |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
Look at a nationwide map of foreclosures, and you just might be looking at a hollowed-out future of exurban America. I alluded to this phenomenon a couple of days ago in musing over Sen. Obama’s ill-considered remarks that implied giving the developing world effective veto power over American driving and dietary habits.
Tags: CNBC, Developing World, Dietary Habits, energy costs, foreclosures, Fuel Costs, gas prices, Government Intervention, Obama, Rising Energy, Veto Power
Posted in Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |