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I've wondering how the performance of the Dow in 2008 compares to the drop during the Great Depression. To find out, I graphed both and set them side by side. The results are interesting...
The conventional wisdom says that inflation is very bad. It makes everything we buy more expensive and decreases the value of our currency. But there are times when inflation is good for you.
We've now had five bank failures in 2008 and I wanted to see how we are doing compared to the real estate downturn in the 1980s and savings and loan crisis it precipitated. The results are...
The House passes the rescue plan or bailout bill today and President Bush swiftly signed it into law. It not only provides up to $700 billion to buy up toxic assets, but temporarily raises the...
We may have more vcrs, tvs, ipods, and computers but our standard of living is in the toilet. A look at some common stats will make that clear. The first step to fixing the problem is recognizing...
This is a discussion on the future direction of the Federal Funds rate, using the Fed Funds Rate Predictor (produced by the Cleveland Fed as a starter.
CNBC sent Bill Griffeth for a facelift over the weekend, then put him on Power Lunch with Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Melissa Francis and Dennis Kneale. Why?
Joshua Rosner, a managing director in New York at investment-research firm Graham Fisher says that housing isn't the core problem with the economy. Instead, it's the shutdown of the debt...
Here is everything don't know about the Federal Reserve, and never wanted to ask. THis first part of the series tells who the Feds are and when and why it was created.
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Marketwatch writer Paul Farrell brings up some interesting points but I find things are never as bad as they seem, or as good. I also look at articles like this as a marker to a bottom in the...
This is an interesting commentary from Bloomberg on trust preferred securities issued by Citibank, yielding 25%, and Wells Fargo, yielding 12%, that are superior to preferred shares in a...
Last July I compared bank failures in 2008 to bank failures during the S&L Crisis in the 1980s. At the time, Indymac has just failed and many hoped the banking system would stabilize. Then came...
Words of wisdom from Warren Buffett:
The United States economy is now out of the emergency room and appears to be on a slow path to recovery. But enormous dosages of monetary medicine continue...
I had long hypothesized that the retirement of the baby boomers would lead to a market decline, as they withdrew money to support themselves. I came across this comprehensive report by the GAO...