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A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 19, 2007
Over the last couple of years an unprecedented...
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: Jan 30, 2008
The sub-prime crisis and the credit crunch are about the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 22, 2008
Here are some ways to ensure your bank accounts are...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 10, 2008
The problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are one...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 30, 2008
Everyone wondered at what gas price we (American...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 5, 2008
The drop in oil prices of almost $24 per barrel has...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 3, 2008
The House passes the rescue plan or bailout bill today...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 8, 2008
Today the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank...
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: Nov 10, 2008
Hard times put a lot of stress on companies. Companies...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 6, 2008
The dollar has been beaten up over the last couple of...
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: Nov 17, 2008
The financial services sector continues to contract. On...
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: Nov 30, 2008
Donald Trump is not just a businessman but a brand. From...
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 are 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: Oct 11, 2008
Who knows if we've hit a bottom, but here's an...
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: Jul 8, 2008
The National Association of Realtors released a report...
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: Jul 16, 2008
If you've been renting, waiting for the housing market to...
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: Sep 14, 2008
Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan said today on CBS's This...
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: Apr 22, 2009
The Federal Reserve and other bank regulators are finally...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 13, 2008
As the credit crisis deepens, banks are becoming more and...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 24, 2008
The business media is screaming about fresh lows in...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 8, 2008
BusinessWeek is running an article stating that India's...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 30, 2008
Lest we all think that we were out of the woods with the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jun 26, 2008
Preliminary figures show Japanese inflation at a 10 year...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 14, 2008
Even as the economy melts down from past mortgage...
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: Feb 22, 2009
A year after the collapse of the auction rate security...
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 Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 12, 2008
Washington Mutual, stung from billions in mortgage...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 1, 2008
The FDIC, through Indymac Federal Bank is testing a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 4, 2008
It looks you can count on more banks failing according to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 16, 2008
Yesterday oil fell as low as $132 a barrel, down 10% from...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 15, 2008
I just spoke to a woman from the FDIC regarding Indymac...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 17, 2008
Times have been tough recently but not so tough. Let's...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 9, 2008
When Slovakia becomes the newest entrant into the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 16, 2008
When we left off, the evil forces of Dark Short had...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 15, 2008
The banking sector isn't the only industry that is...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 18, 2008
Housing construction continues to drop as an oversupply...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 25, 2008
The Housing Bailout Bill making its way through the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 9, 2008
Want an easy way to accomplish all of this? Read on....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 17, 2008
The auction rate mess is winding down but inquiries are...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 7, 2008
Chinese consumers have been socking away money in time...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 25, 2008
For all you municipal bond investors, cities and towns...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 2, 2008
The dollar has risen to its highest level in almost seven...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 15, 2008
Fed Chief Ben Bernanke gave his semi-annual report to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 18, 2008
A respected economist on the street, Milton Ezrati told...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 8, 2008
I'm not sure who I'm going to vote for yet but this clip...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 11, 2008
Panic has set in over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 22, 2008
Downey Financial and two other banks were closed and...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 7, 2008
The abandoned resort town of McAllister ranch is...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 9, 2008
I've been often criticized for my views on the economy...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 22, 2008
Here are some ways to ensure your bank accounts are...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 4, 2008
It's clear the Fed isn't going to change rates tomorrow,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 11, 2008
The FDIC's insurance may lose 17% of its capital as bank...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 3, 2008
In a surprise move, Wachovia scrapped its deal with Citi...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 10, 2008
The problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are one...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 5, 2008
The severe economic downturn has crimped spending in most...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 4, 2008
It's not just subprime mortgages which are in trouble....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 21, 2008
Freddie Mac may slow the purchase of mortgages from...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 21, 2008
More evidence that Bank of America knows exactly what it...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 14, 2008
Markets were gearing up for some type of interest rate...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 11, 2008
As Bank of America's stock has plunged, its dividend has...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 5, 2008
Here's an example of an investment expert getting way...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 18, 2008
As part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 28, 2008
It probably doesn't come as a great surprise that after...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 19, 2008
Richard Fisher, the President of the Dallas Fed,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 16, 2008
It appears that consumers who held their money in trusts...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 23, 2008
Charles Plosser of the Philly Fed said that housing...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 19, 2008
Another economist, this time Kenneth Rogoff from Harvard,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 22, 2008
Many analysts and economists think that the US bank...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 25, 2008
As the economic environment looks worse and worse for...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 15, 2008
Bloomberg reports that house prices have climbed in...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 11, 2008
Remember when a rebel firing a bullet in Nigeria caused...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 29, 2008
Home prices continue to fall. The media says there is a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 14, 2008
Oil and gold continue their fall, providing even more...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 11, 2008
The hidden story in the economy is the fact that oil...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 25, 2008
Better than expected economic news dropped the price of...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 30, 2008
Everyone wondered at what gas price we (American...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 21, 2008
The recent problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 18, 2008
Citibank reported earnings today that beat pretty low...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 7, 2008
Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary under Bill...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 28, 2008
The US budget deficit is expected to grow to $490 billion...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 18, 2008
Will these cottage industry houses ever become popular?...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 16, 2008
Five days ago I reported that Bank of America's dividend...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 1, 2008
Ever wonder why gas prices seem to rocket up when oil...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 17, 2008
Financial crisis, if played correctly, can be an...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 22, 2008
The Congressional Budget Office released a letter today...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 5, 2008
The demand for corporate debt has plunged, forcing...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 12, 2008
The Fed was looking for a lifeline from energy and it has...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jul 31, 2008
The bureau of economic analysis released its preliminary...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 15, 2008
Over the last twenty years, financial companies have...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 17, 2008
Washington Mutual, a rate leader in the savings and CD...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 5, 2008
The drop in oil prices of almost $24 per barrel has...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 29, 2008
It may seem like the capitalist economic model is falling...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 27, 2008
There's an interesting Bloomberg article from John M....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 13, 2008
In a note to his clients, Merrill Lynch's Richard...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 4, 2008
With recessionary forces fighting against inflationary...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 22, 2008
Two Nobel Laureates of economics provide their...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 27, 2008
Think it's just the Fed that is having trouble...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 4, 2008
McDonald's dollar menu is coming under pressure and...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 3, 2008
The House passes the rescue plan or bailout bill today...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 7, 2008
Citigroup has agreed to a settlement with the NY Attorny...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 14, 2008
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Gary...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 6, 2008
I don't wade often into stock speculation but this...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 21, 2008
It's outrageous. The bankers, who have royally screwed...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 25, 2008
Think most stock pros know what they are doing in these...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 18, 2008
There is a class of auction rate securities - SLARS -...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 21, 2008
The NY Times is reporting that both Morgan Stanley and...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 10, 2008
Nouriel Roubini, an economist who predicted the credit...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 14, 2008
In the blink of an eye, two icons of Wall Street look...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 5, 2008
On July 16, just five days after oil hit an all-time...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 10, 2008
This the financial failures are just confined to the US...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 4, 2009
In a speech today, Janet L. Yellen the President of the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 29, 2008
The risk premium for Iraqi bonds is actually less than...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 15, 2008
We know the FDIC protects deposits, but what happens if...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 27, 2008
Banks will have to refinance an estimated $787 billion in...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 26, 2008
The FDIC released their Quarterly Banking Profile today...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 29, 2008
The government stimulus program provided a short jolt to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 19, 2008
Treasury Secretary Paulson discussed his plan today to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 6, 2008
It wasn't long ago (three weeks to be exact) that...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 2, 2008
Robert Schiller just published an interesting article in...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 22, 2008
Speaking at the Kansas City Fed Bank's two-day conference...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 10, 2008
Many analysts and investor watch dog groups are saying...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 7, 2008
Kerry Killinger, the now ex-CEO of Washington Mutual...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 13, 2008
It's a screaming headline and it's true. After bringing...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 17, 2008
I bet you didn't know that the money you stash in your...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 7, 2008
The government finally stepped in and seized Fannie Mae...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 7, 2008
How will the seizure of Fannie and Freddie impact you in...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 2, 2008
Think just the US is suffering? Look no further than...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 25, 2008
It looks like the hammer finally fell. The Wall Street...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 15, 2008
Everyone is predicting a horrible day on Wall Street...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 24, 2008
There's another bank acquisition to report. PNC Corp....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 24, 2008
Now this is interesting. Goldman will be selling bonds...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Aug 28, 2008
The stock market is up on the 2008 revised second quarter...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 29, 2008
As was widely expected, Wachovia was purchased today,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 10, 2008
When I was in college, Morgan Stanley was the place all...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 3, 2008
And we thought banking was boring. Citi today shot back...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 31, 2008
Nouriel Roubini has become renown for having predicted...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 27, 2008
This goes beyond absurd. Many of the investment banks...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 24, 2008
I'm not familiar with Peter Boockvar or his investing...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 5, 2008
President-elect Obama now has a couple of months to set...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 26, 2008
It\'s already been written on the site but I wanted to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 2, 2008
Even if the government passes its $700 billion rescue...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 1, 2008
The version of the bailout bill that the Senate is...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 10, 2008
Money market funds invested in Treasuries will provide a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 26, 2008
The NY Times is reporting that Wachovia and Citi are in...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Sep 18, 2008
More turbulence in the money market fund world as fallout...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 27, 2008
Alpha Bank and Trust was closed last Friday by the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 8, 2008
Today the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 7, 2008
Here's the central problem in the credit crunch that has...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 10, 2008
The battle between Wells Fargo and Citi for Wachovia is...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 12, 2008
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Citi have announced plans to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 27, 2008
For all of the bad news that we hear day in and day out,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 10, 2008
DollarSavingsDirect raised the rate on their online...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 24, 2008
There's a lot of bad news out there but there are also...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 13, 2008
Citigroup's stock fell below $10 in trading today,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 8, 2008
As President-elect Obama prepares a massive public works...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 11, 2008
Two more banks failed yesterday, Northville, Mich.-based...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 4, 2008
The US Treasury announced its new I Bond rate of 5.64%...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 2, 2008
Online brokers are stepping up in a bid to grab customers...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 15, 2008
Sovereign Bank was quietly purchased by Banco Santander...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 16, 2009
What is one person's misery is another's opportunity....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 11, 2008
The Federal share of the economy, that is government...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Apr 22, 2009
California today issued $6.9 billion in new, taxable...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 18, 2008
Bloomberg published an article today in which several...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 14, 2008
States and local governments are asking for a piece of...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 20, 2008
Jim Cramer decides to raise the ante on his theatrics by...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 19, 2008
Don't believe what any politician tells you about taxes....
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 20, 2008
The average American saved about 9 percent of their...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 14, 2008
Think the deficit and debt are bad now - $30,000 for...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 14, 2008
Everyone thought GE was the ultimate secure stock. But...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 28, 2008
Is now a good time to look at I Bonds? Some say yes, I...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 20, 2008
Quicken is going to the freemium model. They're offering...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 7, 2008
More transparency is coming to the municipal bonds market...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 8, 2008
A debate on which way the market is going. Feel free to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 10, 2008
Active investing, otherwise known as stock picking is a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 28, 2008
A mid-year report from the Bank of England analyzes the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 18, 2008
California last week raised $5 billion dollars to avert a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 15, 2009
Freddie Mac's weekly survey says that the rate on a 30...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Oct 31, 2008
The latest numbers show that personal income eeked out a...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Feb 6, 2009
The stimulus plan making its way through Congress...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 14, 2008
Citibank announced yesterday that it was raising rates on...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 6, 2009
In a sad bit of news, German billionaire Adolph Merckle...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 19, 2008
GM’s 10-K showed a funded status of $19 billion, based...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 12, 2008
Paulson's comments today convinced me that what I feared...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 24, 2008
Citigroup received the government bailout today that...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 2, 2008
Bill Gross, who manages the largest bond fund in the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 16, 2008
The UAW President Ron Gettelfinger is now saying that...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 8, 2008
I'm filing this one under careers. At least the guy has...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Feb 4, 2009
John Bovenzi, the Chief Operating Officer of the FDIC...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 18, 2008
Marketwatch writer Paul Farrell brings up some...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 21, 2008
The Treasury Department has stepped in to help the...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 4, 2008
Do you have car or life insurance through the AARP? If...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Apr 1, 2009
Simon Johnson, the former chief economist at the IMF and...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 1, 2008
The National Bureau of Economic Research says we entered...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 10, 2008
The House just approved a $15 billion loan to the auto...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 3, 2008
Harvard today announced that its endowment had dropped by...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Feb 2, 2009
Head of JP Morgan Chase's investment unit, James Staley,...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Nov 26, 2008
Over the last two weeks, the Fed has set up programs to...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 10, 2008
In an auction on Tuesday, the Treasury sold $30 billion...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Dec 26, 2008
The Fed today made a special exemption and allowed GMAC...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Mar 4, 2009
Citigroup announced today that it would lower some...
A Article by Sam Cass
Posted: Jan 2, 2009
Yale's investment chief, David Swensen sees enormous...
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Stanley Fischer is the current governor of the Bank of...
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John Moorlach said in 1994 that Orange Country was headed...
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President Bush announced that GM and Chrysler will...
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Mortgage rates reached record lows this week because of...
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President Obama may have the FDIC run a "bad bank" that...
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All major media are reporting that the Treasury has...
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Experian, one of the big three credit bureaus has decided...
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Bill Gross of Pimco and many other anlaysts are saying...
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Democrats are discussing several proposals for removing...
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President-elect Obama is reported to be planning a $310...
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Indymac, one of the first banks to feel the imapact of...
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Treasury bonds are at all time lows in yield as investors...
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First Trade Union Bank is a $590 million asset community...
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Market market fund rates dropped to record lows this week...
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For some time it looked like Bank of America might fly...
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Nouriel Roubini, the Dr. Doom of economists, who...
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Vanity Fair published in December an excellent article by...
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Today, Citi announced it had sold its Smith Barney...
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Joshua Rosner, a managing director in New York at...
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So here's an interesting question: how are bank profits...
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Pacific Management Investment Co. (PIMCO, as well as...
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Larry Summers, President elect Obama's top economic...
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Goldman Sachs analyst Jeffrie Currie predicts that oil...
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South Korea's largest investor, the South Korea National...
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Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the...
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As markets continue to gyrate, corporate and muni bonds...
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Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis says that Merrill Lynch and...
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One of questions often asked about municipal bonds is...
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While the headlines discuss the problems with the...
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FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair was on CNBC tonight answering...
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Recent data shows that investors are piling into the...
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California's financial paralysis and its deteriorating...
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Here an interesting video that is squarely against the...
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Citigroup, once the largest bank by market value and by...
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The US savings rate hit a 14-year high of 5% last month,...
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President Obama announced today that he has directed the...
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Stock dividends account for 70% of after tax income since...
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A "select" number of American Express customers are being...
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Etrade is running a promotion in which they will offer...
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The FDIC is recommending a one time emergency assessment...
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Steve Leuthold of the Grizzly Short Fund predicts that...
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An article in today's WSJ discusses the risks of...
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Wells Fargo posted a first quarter profit today that...
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Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money appeared on Jon...
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The Wojtowicz are a family that have been dubbed economic...
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Randall Kroszner was a Fed governor until January 2009....
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Today, the Financial Standards Accounting Board (FASB)...
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I had about $7,000 in credit card debt that I'd...
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The tale of the economy over the next couple of years is...
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Michael Bienes was a small-time investment advisor who...
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Charitable Gift Annuities provide a way for an individual...
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Noted economists Gregory Mankiw, former White House...
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Yesterday, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a credit card...
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Hedge Fund Manager George Schultze is complaining because...
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Yales's David Swensen, the best performing university...
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Fed funds futures showed a 58% chance of a rate increase...
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Build America Bonds, the taxable muni bonds subsidized by...
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The Senate today passed a spending bill that included a...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a...
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Actually I don't think tax exempt municipal bonds will go...
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Analyst Martin Weiss, who sounded an early warning bell...
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Congress is now turning its attention to the enormous $27...
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I'm interested in financial news. I studied Economics, International Relations, Environmental Policies, History, Music and more in college and believe this mix provides some additional insight into the world. I also have an MBA and spent over six years in the financial services space.
I am not an economist by training and do not pretend to be one but my record is on display on this site. Amongst the accomplishments I am the most proud of:
I've also had some misses. I thought the media was overhyping the credit crunch and the housing crash when it first started. It's ironic becauase I had been calling for a drop in home prices since 2004. I also thought that bank stocks were good buys based on their dividends back in July 2007. That was a disaster.
But I hope I'm getting better over time and learning from my mistakes.
Thank you for reading. I welcome your comments, suggestions, etc. on any article.
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