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Oil Tops $90 A Barrel - Will It Hurt?

Holy Hell, oil just topped $90 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading. Will we feel the pain?

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Chinese Market Overvalued - You Decide

Techcrunch posted an interesting article on the Chinese market. Looking at these charts and the stats, I'd say things are looking pretty dicey there. Here are some stats that came out of a Morgan Stanley Web 2.0 presentation (it was... Read →

Ignore the Hype: Dow Over 14,000 Isn't All That It Seems

Judging the major business media, the Dow breaching 14,000 was a HUGE event. I like to celebrate like everyone else but here are some reasons sober investors shouldn't pop the champagne yet.

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In 2006, the top 50K Blogs Generated $500M in Revenue

Blogs have become profitable businesses for many as a new study proves. The study also shows that the top 15% of Blogs in terms of popularity receive 90% of the revenue. Michael Arrington at Techcrunch just posted an interesting article... Read →

Comparison of Stock Returns to Savings Account Returns Shows Buy and Hold Not A Good Investment Strategy

The other day I decided to see just how much more an investor who put their money in the stock market would have earned versus someone who just stuck it into an FDIC insured savings or money market account. The analysis yielded some interesting conclusions.

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Is Oil on the Rise A Bad Omen for Stocks?

With everyone talking about the Dow hitting the 10,000 mark, little attention has been paid in the business press to the creeping price of oil. Oil now stands at $78/barrel, up from its recession low of $35/barrel in December '08. As I... Read →

Goldman Oil Analyst Jeffrie Currie Predicts Violent Oil Rally in 2009

Goldman Sachs analyst Jeffrie Currie predicts that oil will rally swiftly and violently rise as bear market fundamentals like the war in Gaza and the Russian pipeline dispute dominate. From Bloomberg: World oil demand is likely to... Read →

An Inconvenient Messenger

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Jim Chanos Says that MacQuarie is a House of Cards

Jim Chanos was on CNBC this morning and he says that Macquarie Bank is a house of cards.

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Japanese Nuclear Leak Bigger than First thought

Today's news out of Japan underscores that nuclear isn't the way for the US to go.

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Should Citibank be Barred From Equity Research

The US government owns Citibank and the government should close down the behemoth's highly corrupt research team that purely manipulates stocks.

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Moral Hazard: The AIG Bailout

The AIG bailout will go down as one of the most wasteful use of taxpayer dollars and the largest representation of moral hazard in government interventionist history. Despite the seemingly strong recovery from the financial brink of... Read →

Is the TeleAtlas Bidding Just Getting Going?

It seems like the bidding on TeleAtlas is just beginning now.

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Cody Willard: Kid with a Big Trust Fund?

Cody Willard is getting his big break with Fox Business Channel but he seems so ill-equipped to be providing any level of financial commentary.

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China Mobile News May be an Apple Selling opportunity

News that Apple, Inc. is in discussions with China Mobile will give the stock a massive move up, recovering some of its lost ground. Traders and even long-term investors should consider using this as an opportunity to take profits.

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