Question: On the Dot-Com Bubble photo in the Market Mayhem slideshow, which stock appears to be gaining? Answer: IAC/InterActiveCorp
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Power Lunch: On the Dot-Com Bubble photo in the Market Mayhem slideshow, which stock appears to be gaining?
Tue, Dec 2, 12:25 PM ET
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — Treasuries rose, pushing yields to record lows, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank may purchase Treasuries and target long-term interest rates to combat the deepening recession. …and the monetizing of debt begins. I’ve talked extensively in several issues of Bourbon and Bayonets about the coming turmoil in long dates U.S. tre...
Dr. James Schlesinger says the U.S. attitude towards oil “has only two modes – complacency and panic.” Schlesinger should know. In the 70’s he closely watched the Middle East as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Then he would move onto become the first U.S. Secretary of Energy when oil prices were really starting to move up during the Carter Administration. He was in the th...
There has been one asset class which has held up with flying colors: US TREASURIES. It has been a great ride if you hold them, but the yields are reaching a point that signals something disastrous. The sad part is that this is not just a warning or just temporary funds seeking "just in case" havens. It is signaling another major shoe to drop imminently.We all know the story. A global recession...
It’s interesting how short-sighted many so-called experts are when it comes to understanding the pace and path of forces swirling through the economy. Even when it was apparent to everyone that the bubble had burst in housing, for example, some forecasters were predicting that municipal finances would not be seriously affected. Aside from wishful thinking, one reason for the cognitive dis...
My bearishness that bubbled up over the weekend was obviously very well-founded.
Despite the sense of panic out there, I don't believe that the world is about to see a repeat of 1929. We are just experiencing a deep and nasty recession. The world will emerge out of this downturn sometime next year and investors should be positioned in anticipation of a recovery.The importance of a historical perspectiveWhen people react to difficult events, their immediate reaction is to re...
Morimoto Co. became the second big casualty this year in the Japanese property sector, following Urban Corp. into bankruptcy.
“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” – David Mccullough, Historian and Author You won’t see him on TV or writing an editorial piece for a major newspaper. Most retail investors have never heard of him, but he has one of the best long-term track records of any investment manager in the world. His invest...
Automakers are counting on a rebound in demand by 2010. But that could turn out to be unrealistic because of an "auto bubble" the Big Three helped to create during the past few years.