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A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 21, 2007
We often hear from our banks that money market funds are...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 14, 2007
Would you marry for the money? The WSJ.com just reported...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 20, 2007
In news that has not been widely reported, many of the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 19, 2007
I examine the CNBC expert survey and make my own...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 19, 2007
Over the last couple of years an unprecedented...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 21, 2007
Based on the coverage by the major business media, the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 24, 2007
Several good reasons why you might want to consider...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 29, 2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 1, 2007
Despite the media hype to the contrary, the public long...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 2, 2007
Carry Trades are little known by the general public but...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 13, 2007
Enhanced Money Markets can get you rates above a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 14, 2007
The Uptick rule was a 73 year old SEC rule that made it...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 15, 2007
More info on VMWare including CNBC video, video on what...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 16, 2007
The headlines are screaming today about the credit market...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 17, 2007
The Fed cut discount rate today by 50 basis points (1/2...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 18, 2007
A new term (to me) describing many of the sub-prime loans...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 20, 2007
Effective immediately Capital One is sutting down its...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 20, 2007
The yield on treasury bills plummeted today as investors...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 23, 2007
Yesterday, Bank of America announced that it was...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 24, 2007
New data shows that the sky isn't falling and housing...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 29, 2007
Take a look at the data below and tell me if all of the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 30, 2007
It's easy to knock Jim Cramer but maybe some of the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 3, 2007
It's really hard to fathom how a CEO can be worth 364X...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 5, 2007
The WSJ offers five reasons why the Fed will cut rates...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 5, 2007
I'm taking a hand and predicting this Friday's employment...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 6, 2007
Before the onslaught of the credit crunch, it was widely...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 7, 2007
The payroll numbers are out and they looked pretty...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 10, 2007
Mr. Kasriel believes that the economy has been propped...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 13, 2007
Countrywide announced today it had received $12 billion...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 16, 2007
The global credit crunch has had perhaps the biggest...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 18, 2007
Lehman Bros reported earnings today and showed by the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 19, 2007
Morgan Stanley's earnings fell by 17%, surprising Wall...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 19, 2007
I've learned that you can never tell what an unintended...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 21, 2007
With the big investment banks done reporting this week,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 27, 2007
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul has become the quirky...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 9, 2007
The conventional wisdom says that inflation is very bad....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 15, 2007
I just spent half an hour watching Fox Business and I...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 29, 2007
Oil has reached a new record - $93 per barrel - despite...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 1, 2007
Meredith Whitney of CIBC world markets wrote yesterday...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 1, 2007
In one corner you have the fact that more adjustable rate...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 2, 2007
We may have more vcrs, tvs, ipods, and computers but our...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 7, 2007
Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of China's National People's...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 8, 2007
Over the last couple of weeks it's become clear that we...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 8, 2007
David Callaway, the editor-in-chief of Marketwatch posted...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 13, 2007
The business headlines yesterday and today are full of...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 15, 2007
I just saw a video on Marketwatch from Jeffrey Cointop...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 16, 2007
Fortune.com posted an interesting article about some...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 30, 2007
The WSJ is reporting this morning that the Feds and...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 20, 2008
The collapse of Bear Stearns and its public bailout are...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 28, 2007
Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, and Merrill Lynch & Co, may...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 16, 2008
The massive wealth and profits generated by the big Wall...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 21, 2007
We often hear from our banks that money market funds are...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 14, 2007
Would you marry for the money? The WSJ.com just reported...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 11, 2007
The Fed today decided to cut the Federal Funds rate and...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 28, 2007
We all hope that the "respected" business news sources...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 14, 2008
The Street journalist Doug Kass (he's also the founder...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 20, 2007
In news that has not been widely reported, many of the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
The Fed announced today to lower the federal funds rate...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 28, 2008
Emails from UBS continue to paint a picture of banks...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 12, 2008
It's now June 12 and I haven't received my rebate check...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 22, 2008
The Fed today cut rates by .75% of 75 basis points in a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Mar 14, 2008
This week saw an acceleration in the collapse of the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 9, 2008
The bloodletting isn't done yet.
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
The sub-prime crisis and the credit crunch were about the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 17, 2008
Steve Syre from the Boston Globe posted an interesting...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Feb 25, 2008
I was looking at a chart of GDP calculations through 2008...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 24, 2008
The Case/Schiller home price index now shows that housing...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Apr 19, 2008
Think the mutual fund you own is a special investment....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Mar 7, 2008
I feel like such a downer lately. Here's some info from...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 13, 2008
Warren Buffet is a great investor and maybe, or maybe not...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 26, 2008
I'm going to Canada over the next week to find out what's...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 22, 2008
If you're looking for some insight into why commodities...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Feb 28, 2008
There has been a lot of discussion recently on the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 24, 2008
The business media is screaming about fresh lows in...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 26, 2008
Preliminary figures show Japanese inflation at a 10 year...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 26, 2008
The Fed didn't raise rates today but it will have to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 22, 2008
The WSJ has reported on Sunday that Citi is planning to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 18, 2008
Housing permits and starts are all down significantly...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 10, 2008
Want to make big money? Become a CEO and keel over.
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 9, 2008
Thought the housing problem was just isolated to the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 23, 2008
Thank goodness we have the Joint Center for Housing...
A Series by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 12, 2008
CNBC is running their annual Million Dollar Stock...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 13, 2007
I happen to agree with some of Ron Paul's points (some,...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 20, 2007
Ken Rosen, a real estate economist says housing market is...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 27, 2007
The experts never said that housing prices would come...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 27, 2007
Other rich entrepreneurs are pretty ticked at Buffet...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 29, 2007
Century 21 CEO discusses the real estate market and of...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 30, 2007
See inside the Airbus A380, the largest commercial jet in...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 14, 2007
Hillary Clinton asks Buffet some questions about policy...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 11, 2007
The WSJ every month surveys about 50 economists to get...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 14, 2007
According to the wine experts the 2004 Chianti Classico...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 14, 2007
Traveling to Paris, check out the Four Seasons George V....
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 11, 2007
Ross Koesterich from Barclays Global Advisors was...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 16, 2008
WSJ tech reporter Walt Mossberg discusses Apple's new...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 11, 2008
Tata Motors unveiled the Nano, a car that costs $2,500....
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 17, 2007
The advice is pretty obvious - don't get drunk and make a...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 29, 2008
The government inflation numbers do not reflect the...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Mar 3, 2008
The dollar continues to collapse against world...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 28, 2007
You have to look good to make money. Here's how to get...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 18, 2008
The government is considering a $100 Billion stimulus...
A Videos by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 16, 2008
Liz Ann Sonders, the Chief Investment Strategist from...
Commodity Boom May Be Nearing End - Surging prices in commodities have reduced demand and...
Rising Euro Zone Inflation May Force Rates Higher in Europe - So, you say, who cares about rates in Europe. We'll, if...
North Americans Like Cars Too Much to Give Them Up - My first post from Canada. Gas prices are over $5 as...
Wall Street Sold Auction Rate Securities to Individuals While Warning Issuers of Potential Failures - Unraveling of auction rate securities market shows it...
Oil Expert Daniel Yergin Says Fear of Future Oil Scarcity Causing Price Rise - Daniel Yergin, a noted expert on oil and the author of...
Buffet Says Inflation in US is Exploding - More wise words from the Oracle of Omaha.
Time to Kick GM Out of the Dow - It doesn't make sense that GM is still in the Dow while...
Is Oil Is Causing Inflation, Can the Fed Help? - Can Fed rate hikes pop the price of oil. There is quite...
The Internet is Burying the Newspaper Business - Traditional newspapers are getting creamed by the...
Factors Fueling Inflation May Go Into Reverse Soon Says Societe Generale's Albert Edwards - Albert Edwards, strategist for Societe Generale and one...
Housing Market Decline Perking Up Rental Market - As the housing market has come down and foreclosures have...
Why Most Investment Advisors Aren't Adopting ETFs - ETS (Exchange Traded Funds) are considered one of the...
JP Morgan's Dimon Admits They Got Bear Stearns for Cheap - Jamie Dimon admitted that JP Morgan got a real deal...
Banks Still Have a Lot of Bleeding to Go - "Financial firms from Citigroup to Lehman are raising...
Bud Going Belgian? - Giant brewer InBev wants to take over Anheuser-Busch, the...
Five Tips to Find Low-Cost Airfare - If you're looking to travel, these tips may save you...
Neoroeconomics used by Wall Street to brainwash you into giving them your money. - Ever heard of neuroeconomics? It's a field of study that...
How 7 Self-made Titans Financed Their Success - None of these entrepreneurs took a dime of venture...
Speculators Caused California Energy Crisis in 2002, Similarities to Today - We're bringing you back to 2002 when electricity prices...
They Earn $200,000 and Pay No Taxes - Think everyone who earns a high salary pays taxes? Think...
25% of Auction Rate Security Holders Still Stuck - While 75% of auction rate security holders have been able...
How Long Will You Live? - When planning for retirement, it's the first and most...
Is Lehman Bros. In Trouble? - Lehman Bros reported their first quarterly loss as a...
Americans $1.7 Trillion Poorer - The grim news continues. Housing and a declining stock...
PIMCO Auction Rate Security Holders Money Still Not Liquid - Pimco, one of the largest bond companies in the world...
Treasury Rates Rise; Fed President Thomas Hoenig said ``serious'' inflation pressure may prompt the central bank to raise rates. - Yields are already rising on longer-term CDs and now the...
How Experts Totally Missed the Housing Crash - Interesting Blog post which pulls together articles...
Plastic Chemical Bisphenol A May Be Linked to Health Problems - Bisphenol A is a chemical use in plastic. It is found in...
Two Researchers Refute Easterlin Paradox and Say Money Cany Buy Happiness - Previous research by Richard Easterlin seemed to indicate...
Options to Pay for Costs of College Dwindling - Financial aid hasn't kept up with the pace of inflation...
Bank of England Drops Rates, ECB Keeps Steady - The Bank of England cut its rate by 25 basis points to 5%...
How the government shops for inflation - The article follows a professional shopper who every...
Credit Squeeze on Municipal Bonds May Cost Taxpayers %7 Billion - If your town or city needs to borrow money their cost has...
Americans Delaying Retirement As Economy Tanks - Baby boomers were supposed to be retiring in droves by...
10 Reasons Your Taxes are Going Up - The politicians like to say they won't raise taxes but...
Consumer Confident Lowest in 35 Years Reports Conference Board - Consumer confidence fell to the lowest level in 35 years...
Despite Credit Crunch Student Loans Still Easy to Get - If you're going to college in the fall don't fret, you...
JP Morgan Buys Bear Stearns for $2 per Share - JPMorgan scooped up the ashes of Bear Stearns for $2 a...
Martin Feldstein Says Recession Here and Could Be Worst Since WWII - Martin Feldstein, the president of the Cambridge group...
Fed and Other Central Banks Lend Banks $400 Billion - The Fed and several other European Central Banks are...
Housing and Bank Troubles Deepen - Thing are only getting worse in the housing market and...
Foreclosures Hit Record Says Mortgage Bankers Association - The real estate picture continues to deteriorate....
Auction Bond Failures at 70% - No Sign of Abating - The market for auction rate securities is still failing,...
Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley Says US Looks Like Japan in Lost 90s - Stephen Roach, the chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia...
Really Scary Fed Charts - March - The Financial Ninja posted some charts that seem to...
Why You Can Get Good Yields on Municipal Bonds - Yields on municipal bonds have risen over the last couple...
States and Cities Rebelling on Bond Ratings - Continuing fallout from the credit and bond crisis as...
FDIC Staffing Up. Getting Ready for Bank Failures? - Per the Marketwatch site:
"The Federal Deposit...
Another Case for Gold - The Blogs, like this one are buzzing with predictions...
Bernanke Downplays Staglation Risk - Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in a speech to the Senate...
What Does AAA Rating Mean Anyway - We all hear about bonds being rated AAA or junk. What...
Deep Recession Feared in the US - Economists are no longer talking about a U.S. recession...
Captain Capitalism Blog Explans Mortgage Mess in Cartoon Form - A Blogger calling himself Captain Capitalism has put...
Not Since Depression Have Higher Percentage of Americans Owed More than Homes Worth - From NY Times article:
"Not since the Depression has a...
5 Things You Need to Know: Where Does the Debt Crisis Leave Us? - Very sobering points about what is happening to the debt...
Did Auditors Triggers Sell Off in Auction Rate Securities - A theory from the Dealbreaker Blog that accounting...
How Some Homeowners Are Beating Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings - Banks bad record keeping is coming back to haunt them....
$45.5 trillion Credit Default Swap Market Next to Face Big Credit Test - The stress in the credit markets may hit the $45.5...
Warren Buffet Floats Plan to Reinflate Monoline Bond Insurers - Warren Buffet has stepped in to "help" the monoline bond...
Banque AIG's Bernard Connolly Says Depression risk might force U.S. to buy assets - Bermard Connolly, global strategist at Banque AIG in...
Hedge Funds Questioning Bank Solvency - Hedge Funds, generally considered the riskiest of...
Twelve Commonly Missed Tax Deductions - Yesterday I put together a list of common federal income...
Barton Biggs Says Market Near Bottom - Barton Biggs, co-founder of hedge fund Traxis Partners...
What Prices Reach Record High above $11 per bushel - What touched a record high on demand from developing...
Reward checking accounts offer higher rates but also strings - Many banks and credit unions have created reward checking...
G-7 Says Global Growth May Weaken, Market Turmoil to Persist - Feb 9 - Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Group of Seven policy makers said...
Goldman Sach's CFO David Viniar Says Fear Taming Greed in Credit Markets - Goldman's Viniar says that credits markets have seized up...
Some Economists Believe We Are In a Recession - A number of prominent economists like Gus Faucher,...
Americans Shunning Debt and Living Within Their Means - Interesting article that says that consumer borrowing is...
Hussman Says Any Recession Will Be Write A Write Off Recession - Hussman makes some good points in this article. A quick...
The End of Cheap Food - Agflation - Food prices have risen 75% since 2005 in real terms....
Fed Approaches Negative Real Interest Rates - Interest rates after inflation are almost 0. That means...
Rogue Trader Costs SocGen $7 Billion - French trader Jerome Kerviel cost the second largest...
Politics of an Economic Nightmare - Interesting Robert Reich article - Robert Reich served as Secretary of Labor under Clinton....
George Soros Says World Faces Worst Finance Crisis Since Depression - Billionaire investor George Soros is making headlines for...
In Year When Banks Lost Billions, Employees Get $39 Billion in Bonuses - There is a vigorous debate going on in the blogosphere...
Housing Market Now Favors Your Buyers Who Don't Own Home - Just a year ago if you didn't own a home you were out of...
Long time bull Dan Sullivan 100% in Cash and Cash Equivalents - Long time bull Dan Sullivan has liquidated all of this...
Death Bonds Did Better than Corporate Debt Last Year - Death bonds are an increasingly popular investment. They...
Mattel and Facebook Battle Over Srabulous - Mattel is threatening to sue the creators of the Facebook...
Applications to Harvard Up 18% to New Record - Harvard said it was providing free tuition to middle...
Nissan Exec Tom Lane Says Car Culture is Fading - Nissan Executive Tom Lane, who heads Nissan's Product...
Bank of America in Talks to Acquire Countrywide - For everyone that has deposits at Countrywide, Bank of...
Fed's Going to Drop Rates - Bernanke's going to cut rates further. The economy is...
Solar to be in 30% of Japanese Homes by 2030 - I've seen some discussion on the site about solar energy...
Single Trader Responsible for Oil Going Over $100 per Barrel - Apparently a single trader, who wanted bradding rights,...
State Street Dumps Wiiliam Hunt, Head of Investment Unit - State Street stock just hit an all-time high but the...
China Controlling More of US Economy - The real impact of our profligate spending, borrowing,...
Customers Not Banks Profited in 2007 - The article tries to make the case that while the average...
Fed May Cut Rates Further - It looks like the Fed may cut rates further. Futures...
Oil Passes $100 a Gallon - No Letup in Site - Oil continues to rise, passing $100 a gallon on the...
Treasuries Gain As New Home Sales Fall to 12 Year Low - Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries rose the most in more...
What Is a Money Market Fund - Money markets and similar investment vehicles have been...
Bear Stearns Announces First Quarterly Loss Ever - Bear Stearns announced its first quarterly loss ever....
Battle Between Millenials and Boomers will Shape Economic Future - The Baby Boomers and Millenials, two of the largest...
What do you give a billionaire? - Going to a party at a billionaire's. I've actually been...
Indian Takeovers Blocked - Is it Racism? - India likes to trumpet its corporate successes, and this...
Data Shows the Rich are Getting Richer - Much Richer - The increase in incomes of the top 1 percent of Americans...
How to Make Money on Stock Buyback Programs - Past economic research has shown that companies that...
One Indicator of Holiday Sales is Down - Sales of women’s clothing, a traditional pillar of the...
Consumer Prices Rise More than Expected - The indicators are finally showing what we all know,...
Lehman Profit Down - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said Thursday its...
Good article explaining the Fed's Global Coordinated Liquidity Injection - The Fed announced today it had planned a Global...
Investors Pulling Out of Chinese Markets - Mutual-fund managers have had a good run with Chinese...
Anyone Want to be the CEO of Citi? - Does anyone want to be CEO of Citi (C)? If so, speak up....
MySpace for Millionairres - A new crop of online social-networking sites has taken...
Avoiding a Bust in the Chinese Stock Market Boom - Chinese stocks are going sky high. Here are some ways...
Erade gets $2.5 Billion Infusion and CEO Steps Down - We all knew someone was going to step in and help Etrade....
Credit supply shrinking at most rapid rate on record - Credit flowing to American companies is drying up at a...
Big Opportunities at Smaller Banks - So far this year, the Standard & Poor's (MHP ) Financial...
Why Startup Founderd Drop Out - Entrepreneurs who make lucrative buyout deals and try to...
Should You Hedge Your Home? - In the housing market, the bad news just keeps coming....
Goldman Salaries to Exceed Bear Stearns Market Cap - Here's an interesting one.
When Goldman Sachs Group...
Fine Wine Market Outperforming Chinese Stocks - Has the ramp in Baidu (BIDU-NASDAQ) left you speechless?...
Citigroup gets $7.5 billion infusion from Abu Dhabi - Citigroup today announced a bailout from Abu Dhabi...
Harvard MBA Students Auction Their Salaries - Almost anything is available at auction these days. Art...
Freddie Mac Posts Deep Loss, May Cut Dividend -
US Economy is Melting Down - I happen to agree with this article. Read some of my...
Consumer Prices Tame in October - All the media news outlets are reporting that consumer...
Yield Curve Steepening as Short Term Rates Drop - Two year treasuries rose to their highest level since...
Fed Chairman Bernanke Sees Slower Growth - Bernanke testified before Congress that economic growth...
Foreclosures Soaring and Banks Flat Footed - Folks, this is the crux of the economy. If foreclosures...
Cramer's Take on Fox Business News - Cramer was fired by Fox News once for pitching his own...
Fed Expected to Cut Rates Despite Growth - Market watches think the Fed is most likely going to cut...
Stan O'Neal Getting Boot at Merrill - It's all over the Web that Stan O'Neal is getting the...
A Trader's Take on Fox Business News - Interesting perspective on new Fox Business News show.
The Easy Way to Become a 'Sugar Daddy' - Here's an alternate way to invest your money. Couldn't...
British Petroleum (BP) Earnings Drop Even While Oil Rises - How is it possible that British Petroleum's profit...
Five Big Lessons Learned Living Through Black Mondy 20 Years Ago - Every columnist is writing an article about the crash 20...
Bank of America Earnings Dissapoint - Bank of America missed its earning
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