PowerTrend Brief: Back to School Spending Boom or Bust?

13 years ago

With the lackluster July employment report behind us, we are firmly into August, and the temporarily slower pace of life…

Doubling Down on AGNC alongside an Insider’s $655,000 Bet

13 years ago

  You had two big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio, with Standard Pacific Corp. (SPF) jumping 4.90%, and 3D Systems Corp. (DDD) rising…

Coburn: ObamaCare will “Sovietize” U.S. health care system

13 years ago

[youtube_sc url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQdIDRFW2OI"] In a recent interview with Face the Nation,  Senator Tom Coburn was asked about his comments to Eagle…

Beware of Central Banks Giving the Markets a Temporary Lift

13 years ago

Be careful not to assume the jump in stock prices in recent days is  fueled by any renewed confidence about…

Betting on Government Debt — Emerging Markets Style

13 years ago

U.S. markets have been on a tear since the uncertainty of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting results lifted…

ETF Talk: Catch a Lift with an Auto Manufacturing Fund

13 years ago

The continued worldwide unemployment burden has reduced consumer spending and left investors seeking undervalued bargains in the stock market. One…

Making Money Alert: Climbing up Mt. Worry

13 years ago

[youtube_sc url="http://youtu.be/ruXxQD2ylC0"] The term “climbing a wall of worry” is an oft-abused cliché on Wall Street. But like most clichés,…

A Weak Start Turns into a Strong Week

13 years ago

Markets spent the better part of last week dipping in anticipation of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) Thursday comments.…

Why Paul Krugman Doesn’t Get Estonia, but Steve Forbes Does

13 years ago

By James Oates, guest contributor Toomas Hendrik Ilves is in a fightin' mood. After 20 years as a journalist with…

China Averts Debt Mess

13 years ago

The “autocratic” leaders of China deserve credit for steering clear of the kinds of massive debt loads that have befuddled…