Politics

Learn about the most important political developments in Washington and elsewhere that affect investors.

[Janet Yellen]

Yellen Confirmation Hearing Thursday

Janet Yellen will appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 10 a.m.

Kansas City Public Library wall

Wall Street: The Best Friend of Entrepreneurs and Investors

Yesterday, I gave a lecture at the historic Kansas City Public Library. I defended Wall Street and made...

U.S. Tax Court Courtroom sign

$3.6 Billion Lost to Fraud is IRS’s Improvement from the Year before

For tax year 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued $3.6 billion in potentially fraudulent refunds.

[gold pill]

17 Million Eligible for Health Insurance Subsidy

Up to 17 million Americans will be eligible for tax subsidies to purchase health insurance through the state...

[Gross Domestic Expenditures chart]

My Meeting with Top Government Economic Officials

A couple of weeks ago, I announced the good news that the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic...

CurrencyGate? Global Banks Put Currency Dealers on Leave

As if JPMorgan Chase & Co. investors didn’t have enough to worry about with the $13-plus billion settlement...

Federal Reserve Building

Fed Won’t Fold on Stimulus

The Fed once again should confirm what most investors already know by now, that its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying...

[U.S. Capitol]

Insurance Investors Have Big Day on the Hill

Investors in insurance companies may want to pay close attention to Capitol Hill today as Medicare Chief Marilyn...

Federal Reserve Building

Fed Adopts Tougher-Than-Basel Liquidity Rules

The U.S. Federal Reserve voted today to require banks to hold enough liquid assets to survive a 30-day...

[Burning $1 bill]

Did Janet Yellen Really Warn Us about the Housing Bubble?

The media recently has lauded Janet Yellen, Obama’s choice to become the next Fed chairman, for her prescient...