This week, I'm doing something incredibly silly. I'm laying out what I think the Federal Reserve is going to do about rates and why its going to do it. It is not a prediction of when a long, sustained rally will occur, but it could provide some insight into the thinking there.More...
There are no easy answers to the energy crisis that threatens the nations standard of living, its economic outlook and the equities markets. We didn't get into this situation in a few short weeks, and we are not going to get out quickly either.More...
There is actually something very similar to the energy crisis looming on the internet. It is a shortage of addresses. With the infinite combination of names, you might ask how is this possible? The reason is the internet really doesn't use names, it uses numbers. An explanation you can understand.More...
Last weeks employment numbers fulfilled the fears of many. Hardly a surprise, but months of job losses finally pushed up unemployment figures. In reality, the markets should have taken this as a positive development.More...
Invoking the words and spirit of Thomas Paine, investor-turned-historian John Bogle concedes that his ideas for revamping the mutual fund industry are perhaps "not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor." But despite likening the "ills and injustices suffered by mutual fund investors" to those "our forebears suffered under English tyranny," Bogle--founder of the Vanguard Group--makes a strong case for index funds with this exhaustive study of investing.
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